Etymograph

English

sunshield

From sun + shield.

A compound of sun + shield

Proto-West Germanic *sunnā

Old English sunna

Middle English soen

English sun

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skelduz

Proto-West Germanic *skeldu

Old English scield

Middle English scheld ‘a shield’

English shield

Today it means

noun An assembly for protecting a space telescope from solar heat.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sunshield”. 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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