English

screenspace

From screen + space.

A compound of screen + space

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

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Old Dutch skirm

Middle Dutch scherm

Anglo-Norman escren ‘firescreen’

Middle English scren

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’

Latin spatium ‘space’

Old French espace ‘space’

Anglo-Norman space

Middle English space

English space

Today it means

noun The space available on a screen display.

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

Etymograph / screenspace