English
shade
Shade comes from Middle English schade ‘a shadow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃-‘darkness, shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱh₃túsreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaduz‘a shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skadu‘shadow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeadu‘shadow’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schade‘a shadow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1689shade
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃-‘darkness, shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱh₃túsreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaduz‘a shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skadu‘shadow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeadu‘shadow’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schade‘a shadow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1689shade
Earliest quotation: 1689, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […]: “Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘darkness, shadow’
scene, scenario, shame, obscure, squirrel, scenic, scotia, hoar, skene, 31 more
through Proto-West Germanic *skadu ‘shadow’
through Old English sċeadu ‘shadow’
Another origin of shade
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃-‘darkness, shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱh₃túsreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaduz‘a shadow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skadu‘shadow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeadu‘shadow’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schade‘a shadow’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500schaden‘to shade’
- Englishtodayshade
Today it means
noun Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- / shade