English
screenburn
From screen + burn.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
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Old Dutch skirm
Middle Dutch scherm
Anglo-Norman escren ‘firescreen’
Middle English scren
English screen
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
Proto-Germanic *brinnaną ‘to burn’
Old Norse brinna ‘to burn’
Middle English burne
English burn
Today it means
noun Damage caused to certain types of computer screens where a frequently-displayed image "burns" a dull copy of itself onto the screen, and remains permanently visible.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “screenburn”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / screenburn