English
eyeshade
From eye + shade.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’
Proto-Germanic *augô
Proto-West Germanic *augā
Old English ēage
Middle English e
English eye
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘darkness, shadow’
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Proto-Germanic *skaduz ‘a shadow’
Proto-West Germanic *skadu ‘shadow’
Old English sċeadu ‘shadow’
Middle English schade ‘a shadow’
English shade
Today it means
noun A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eyeshade