English
Screen
Screen comes from Old French escrin ‘jewel case’, and goes back to Latin scrīnium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrīnium‘case or chest for books or papers’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escrin‘jewel case’
- EnglishtodayScreen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrīnium‘case or chest for books or papers’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escrin‘jewel case’
- EnglishtodayScreen
Linked words
through Latin scrīnium ‘case or chest for books or papers’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin scrīnium / Screen