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== Etymology ==
The word is recorded in English since 1481, as {{lang|ang|shadde}}, possibly a variant of [[shade (shadow)|shade]]. The word shade comes from the Old English word ''sceadu'', which means "shade, shadow, darkness". The term's P.Gmc. cognate, ''skadwo'' also means "shady place, protection from glare or heat".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shade&searchmode=none|title=shade - Search Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723213138/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shade&searchmode=none|archive-date=23 July 2017}}</ref>

The Old English word is spelled in different ways, such as {{lang|ang|shadde}}, ''shad'' or ''shedde'', all of which come from an Old Teutonic/Anglo-Saxon root word for separation or division. The first attested usage of the word, in 1481, was in the sentence, {{lang|ang|"A yearde in whiche was a shadde where in were six grete dogges"}}.

The Anglo Saxon word ''shud'', which means "cover" may also have been part of the development of the word. In 1440, a shud was defined as a {{lang|ang|"... schudde, hovel, swyne kote or howse of sympyl hyllynge [covering] to kepe yn beestys"}}.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}