English
Scottish
Scottish comes from Middle English Scottisch, and goes back to Old English Sċyttisċ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċyttisċ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Scottisch
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Scottish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sċyttisċ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Scottisch
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Scottish
Earliest quotation: 2024, Eve Livingston: “In the factory, a colourful woodland of knitted trees…”
Formed from Scot + -ish
Late Latin Scōtī
Old English Sċottas ‘people from Ireland, Irishmen’
Middle English Scot ‘A Scot’
English Scot
Every English word from Old English Sċyttisċ
Today it means
adj Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Sċyttisċ / Scottish