/ʃəʊn/, /ʃoʊn/
OriginFrom Middle English schauen, schewen (past participle), alternative form of schawid, schewed, past participle of Middle English schewen (“to show”). Morphologically equivalent to show + -n.
- form-of, participle, pastpast participle of show
“I had shown him the report already.”
“The report had already been shown to him.”