English
Scotland
Scotland comes from Old English Sċotland ‘Ireland", later also "Scotland’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċotland‘Ireland", later also "Scotland’literally ‘land of the Scots’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Scotland
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċotland‘Ireland", later also "Scotland’literally ‘land of the Scots’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Scotland
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
Earliest quotation: 2000, Jonathan Freedland, So far - so good: “Head east out of Auckland, around the Firth of…”
Formed from Scot + -land
Late Latin Scōtī
Old English Sċottas ‘people from Ireland, Irishmen’
Middle English Scot ‘A Scot’
English Scot
Every English word from Old English Sċotland
Today it means
name A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Sċotland / Scotland