Where does “screening” come from?
Screening derives from English screen, which comes from Middle English scren, Old French escran, Middle Dutch scherm, Old Dutch skirm, and Proto-Germanic skirmiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to cut or separate.
screening (English): Mesh material that is used to screen; The process...
Definitions
- Mesh material that is used to screen; The process...
Ancestry of “screening”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 2 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 3 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |