Etymograph

English

Sheetrock

From sheet + rock.

A compound of sheet + rock

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’

Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ

Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’

Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’

English sheet

Old English *rocc

Middle English rocke ‘rock formation’

English rock

Today it means

noun Drywall; plasterboard; a building material comprising a layer of gypsum plaster sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sheetrock