English
groundsheet
From ground + sheet.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
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
Today it means
noun A sheet of waterproof material that is spread on the ground, often beneath a tent, and upon which a person may sit or sleep.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundsheet