English
scute
Scute comes from Latin scutum ‘shield’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutum‘shield’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1530scute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutum‘shield’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1530scute
Earliest quotation: a. 1530, John Skelton, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […]: “But yet they ouer shote vs Wyth crownes and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’
nice, ship, equipment, science, shift, scientific, shed, skip, kyle, ski, conscious, shin, sheath, skeet, skiff, chine, prescient, skein, shud, 43 more
through Latin scutum ‘shield’
Today it means
noun A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin scutum / scute