English word screen comes from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (Covering, shelter, screen. Fur, hide, pelt.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *skirmiz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Covering, shelter, screen. Fur, hide, pelt. |
| *skirm | Frankish (frk) | Covering. Hide, skin. |
| *scerm | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| scherm | Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350) (dum) | Protection, cover. Protective screen. |
| escrein | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| escren | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| screne | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| screen | English (en) | (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).. (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.. To filter by passing through a screen.. To fit with a screen.. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in [...] |
