Show
/ʃoʊ/noun
To cause or allow something to be seen; also, a performance or display.
Did you know?Show comes from Old English *sceawian*, meaning “to look at, examine, behold,” and it’s related to a whole ancient family of seeing-words—not magic, but absolutely about revelation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skewh-
“to observe, look at, perceive”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skawwōną
“to look at, inspect”
Old English
English
sceawian
“to look at, see, behold; inspect”
Middle English
English
schewen
“to display, present, make visible”
Modern English
English
show
“to cause to be seen; a performance or display”