Shar
/ʃɑːr/noun
An archaic or dialectal form of “share,” meaning a portion or division of something.
Did you know?“Shar” belongs to a family of words connected with cutting and dividing, linking the idea of a shared portion to words such as “shard” and “shear.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to cut”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skerō
“a cut portion or division”
Old English
Old English
scearu
“a share, portion, or division”
Middle English
Middle English
schare
“a part allotted to someone”
Scots and dialectal English
Scots/English
shar
“a variant form of “share””
Modern English
English
shar
“an archaic or dialectal form of “share””