English
escudo
Escudo may come from Portuguese escudo ‘shield’.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentescudo‘shield’uncertain
- Englishtodayescudo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentescudo‘shield’uncertain
- Englishtodayescudo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, sex, sign, risk, section, ship, sexual, seal, segment, sack, insect, sawyer, scarlet, sax, sickle, het, shingle, dissect, sich, scythe, seg, sedge, sigil, brassica, sain, desiccation, desiccant, 62 more
through Latin scūtum ‘shield’
Today it means
noun The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and centavos, i.e. 2$50.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese escudo / escudo