1540s, "one who shuts" (see shut (v.)); meaning "movable wooden or iron screen for a window" is from 1680s. Photographic sense of "device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens" is from 1862.
shutter (v.)
1826, from shutter (n.). Related: Shuttered; shuttering.
We shuttered the window to keep the house cool
shutdown
shute
shut-eye
shut-in
shutout
shutter
shutter-bug
shuttle
shuttlecock
shy
Shylock