Where does “spreadsheet” come from?
I need to work with the chain provided, but I notice the chain given is for "spread," not "spreadsheet." The headword is "spreadsheet" but the etymology chain is for "spread."
Given this discrepancy, I have two options:
1. Request clarification
2. Construct the best answer from what's given
Since you've specified the headword as "spreadsheet," I should note that spreadsheet is a compound/derivative of "spread" (the verb) + "sheet" (noun). However, the chain only traces "spread."
Here's my best attempt working within the constraints:
Spreadsheet derives from spread, which comes from Middle English spreden, Old English sprǣdan, Proto-Germanic spraidijaną, and Proto-Indo-European (s)per-, ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European -éyeti and -yeti.
However, this exceeds word count and doesn
spreadsheet (English): A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which...
Definitions
- A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which...
Ancestry of “spreadsheet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | sheet | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a... |
| 2 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
Words derived from “spreadsheet”