Sheet
/ʃiːt/noun
A broad, thin piece of cloth, paper, metal, or other material; also a covering or bedding layer.
Did you know?The English word comes from an old Germanic root meaning “to shoot” or “project,” the same ancient idea behind words for things that extend outward in a flat expanse.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skeud-
“to shoot, hurl, project”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skēutą
“something thrown or projected; a sheet-like extension”
Old English
English
scēte
“a cloth, covering, or piece of fabric”
Middle English
English
shete
“a cloth cover; also a sheet of paper or writing material”
Modern English
English
sheet
“a thin broad piece of material; bedding; a flat layer”