Latin

scūtum

‘a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin scūtum.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin scūtum, most familiar first.

• squire ← esquire ← escuier ← scūtārius
• skew ← skeu ← eschu ← escu
• scuttle ← scuttel ← scutel ← scutella ← scutra
• scullery ← squylerie ← squillerie ← scutella ← scutra
• scutum
• escudo
• scutellum
• scute
• scudo
• scutage ← scutagium
• écu ← escut
• écuelle ← escuele ← scutella ← scutra

More words from scūtum

• escuage
• scutiform
• scutate
• scutellate
• scutelliform
• scutiferous
• scutulum

Etymograph / Latin scūtum