scot
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Etymology edit
From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English scot, scott, sċeot, ġescot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of shot.
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scot (plural scots)
- (UK, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *excotō, from Latin excutiō. Compare Romanian scoate, scot.
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scot first-singular present indicative (past participle scoasã or scose)
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scot m (genitive singular scoit, nominative plural scoit)
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Etymology edit
From Old English scot, scott, sċeot, ġescot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”). Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of shot.
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scot (plural scotes)
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- English: scot
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- “scot, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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From Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate with Old Frisian skot, Old Saxon sīlscot, Old High German scoz (German Schoß), Old Norse skot.
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sċot n (nominative plural sċot)
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- English: shot
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scot
- inflection of scoate: