Etymograph

English

screenee

From screen + -ee.

Formed from screen + -ee

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

Today it means

noun One who undergoes screening.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “screenee”. 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 / screenee