English
shiftmate
From shift + mate.
Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut’
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Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną ‘to divide’
Proto-West Germanic *skiftijan
Old English sċiftan ‘to divide’
Middle English schiften ‘to split’
English shift
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 One working on the same shift as another.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shiftmate”. 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 / shiftmate