Where does “shatter” come from?

Shatter comes from Middle English schateren, of uncertain origin and ultimate etymology.

shatter (English): to violently break something into pieces; to...

Definitions

  1. to violently break something into pieces; to...

Ancestry of “shatter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschaterento scatter, dash
2Old Englishscaterian
3Proto-Germanicskat-to smash, scatter

Words derived from “shatter

Every word from Proto-Germanic skat-
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