Etymology

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Middle English schon ← Old English sċōn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsċōna“shoes'”
  2. Old English · derived fromsċōn“shoes”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromschon
  4. English todayshoon

From Middle English schon, shon, shone, schone, shoon, schoon, schoone, from Old English sċōn (“shoes”, dative plural) and Old English sċōna (“shoes'”, genitive plural), equivalent to shoe + -en.

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