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English

show

/ʃəʊ/
To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    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).

    Etymology 2

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

    Etymology 3

    Variant of shove, itself a variant of shive.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishschewen
      • inheritedOld Englishscēawian
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*skauwōn
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*skawwōną
    • inheritedMiddle Englishschewe
    • borrowedEnglishtalk “To communicate, usually by means of speech.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishtalken
        • inheritedOld English*tealcian
      • inheritedMiddle Englishtalk
    • rootProto-Indo-European*(s)kewh₁- “to heed, look, feel, take note of”

    Related: English caution, Scots shaw, Dutch schouwen, German schauen, Danish skue, Ancient Greek κῦδος, Latin caveō, Sanskrit कवि, Proto-Slavic *čuti, Russian чу́ять

    Words built on it: 秀, show-up, show-off, shit show, car show

    Meanings

    verb
    1. To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.
    2. To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion.
    3. To guide or escort; to show the way.
    4. To bestow; to confer.
    5. To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way.
    6. To display artwork in a gallery or museum.
    noun
    1. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
    2. An exhibition of items.
    3. A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
    4. A movie.
    5. An agricultural exhibition.
    6. A project or presentation.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: show