shelter
English
/ˈʃɛltə/, /ˈʃɛltɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
- An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sheltron inherited from Old English sċildtruma.
Origin
Old English
sċildtruma
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belt English
- enshelter English
- half English
- inshelter English
- mate English
- shelter half English
- shelterbelt English
- shelterbelted English
- shelteree English
- shelterer English
- shelterin English
- shelterless English
- shelterlessness English
- sheltermate English
- sheltersome English
- shelterwood English
- sheltery English
- wood English
- *trumjaną Proto-Germanic
- シェルター Japanese
- sċildtruma Old English
- trymman Old English
- sheltron Middle English
- trimen Middle English