English
floorshow
From floor (“primary area”) + show (“entertainment, performance”).
A compound of floor ‘primary area’ + show ‘entertainment, performance’
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
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Proto-Germanic *flōraz ‘ground’
Proto-West Germanic *flōr
Old English flōr ‘floor’
Middle English floor
English floor
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, take note of’
Proto-Germanic *skawwōną ‘to look, see’
Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn ‘to look, see’
Old English scēawian ‘to look at; to exhibit, display’
Middle English schewen
English show
Today it means
noun A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / floorshow