Etymograph

English

share

Share comes from Middle English schare ‘a portion or share’, from Proto-Germanic *skarō ‘a division, detachment’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koréh₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarō‘a division’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skarureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċearu‘a cutting’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schare‘a portion or share’
  6. Englishearliest quotation a. 1675share

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koréh₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarō‘a division’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skarureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċearu‘a cutting’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schare‘a portion or share’
  6. Englishearliest quotation a. 1675share

Earliest quotation: a. 1675, John Milton, Political: “While Avarice and Rapine ſhare the Land.”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂

Another origin of share

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaraz‘ploughshare’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċear‘ploughshare’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schar‘plowshare’
  5. Englishtodayshare

Today it means

noun A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂ / share

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