Etymograph

English

shrinkproof

From shrink + -proof.

Formed from shrink + -proof

Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną ‘to shrink, pull together, shrivel’

Old English sċrincan ‘to shrink’

Middle English schrynken ‘to shrivel up or wrinkle’

English shrink

Today it means

adj resistant to shrinkage

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

Etymograph / shrinkproof