English
sharemate
From share + mate.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂
Proto-Germanic *skarō ‘a division’
Proto-West Germanic *skaru
Old English sċearu ‘a cutting’
Middle English schare ‘a portion or share’
English share
Proto-Germanic *matiz ‘food’
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Old Saxon *gimato
Middle Low German gemate ‘messmate’
Middle Low German mate ‘messmate’
Middle English mate
English mate
Today it means
noun A flatmate or housemate.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sharemate”. 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.
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