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Shade

Middle British schade, Kentish ssed, from late Old British scead "partial darkness shelter, protection," also partially from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness shady place, arbor, defense against glare or heat," both from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (cf. Old Saxon skado, Middle Nederlander scade, Nederlander schaduw, Old High German scato, German Schatten, Medieval skadus), from Cake *skot-wo-, from root …