Scone
See also: scone
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Etymology edit
Possibly of Teutonic/West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī (“fine, beautiful”), the source of modern German schön.[1] Or, alternatively from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“block, lump, hunk”); in either case, it would probably be related to English scone (“small biscuit”).[2]
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Proper noun edit
Scone
- A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 992:
- ROSS: Will you to Scone?
MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.