English
scatter
Scatter comes from Middle English scateren.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scateren
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1588–1593scatter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scateren
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1588–1593scatter
Earliest quotation: c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus: “Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.”
Every English word from Middle English scateren
Today it means
verb To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English scateren / scatter