shatter
English
/ˈʃæt.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃæt.ɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) to destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat
- (obsolete) To scatter about.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schateren (dash, scatter) inherited from Old English *scaterian derived from Proto-Germanic *skat- (smash, scatter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skat-
Gloss
smash, scatter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishatter English
- box English
- brained English
- pated English
- scatter English
- shatterable English
- shatterbox English
- shatterbrained English
- shatterer English
- shatterest English
- shattereth English
- shatterpated English
- shatterproof English
- shattery English
- unshatter English
- unshatterable English
- schateren Dutch, Flemish
- schaterlachen Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)ked- Proto-Indo-European
- *skat- Proto-Germanic
- *scaterian Old English
- *sceaterian Old English
- scateren Middle English
- schateren Middle English
- schateren Middle Dutch
- shkatërroj Albanian
- *skateron Old Dutch