show

show · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewh₁-
2. Proto-Germanic*skawwōną
3. Proto-West Germanic*skauwōn
4. Old Englishscēawian
5. Middle Englishschewen
6. English todayshow

From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).

show · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromschewe
2. English todayshow

From Middle English schewe, from the verb (schewen).

show · noun³

Variant of shove, itself a variant of shive.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1892 A battle; local conflict.