Etymograph

English

tasksheet

From task + sheet.

A compound of task + sheet

Latin taxō ‘to censure; to charge’

Latin taxa

Medieval Latin tasca

Old Northern French tasque

Middle English taske ‘task, tax’

English task

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’

Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ

Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’

Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’

English sheet

Today it means

noun A list of tasks to be performed or exercises to be completed.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tasksheet”. 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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