Etymology

smokescreen

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Today it means: Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle. Full definition →

English screen ← Middle English smoke ← Old English smoca
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The story

  1. Old Englishsmoca
  2. Middle Englishsmoke
  3. Englishsmoke
  4. Englishscreen
  5. English todaysmokescreen

From smoke + screen.

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