English
scotic
Scotic comes from Ancient Greek σκότος ‘darkness’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃-‘shadow, darkness’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*skh₃tosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκότοςskótos‘darkness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965scotic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃-‘shadow, darkness’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*skh₃tosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκότοςskótos‘darkness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965scotic
Earliest quotation: 1965, Nov, Microarthropod Ecology of a Porcupine-Inhabited Cave in Nova: “The term scotic (Gr. skotos, darkness) was therefore devised…”
Formed from -ic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘shadow, darkness’
scene, shame, shadow, shade, scenario, squirrel, obscure, scenic, hoar, skene, 31 more
Today it means
adj After dusk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- / scotic