Scot
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti. Possibly the meaning was "cut off, outcast", related to scoith (to cut off) and scoite (cut off), from scoth (“point, edge (of weapon)”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).[1]
See Scoti.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɒt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɑt/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈskɔʔ/
- Rhymes: -ɒt, -ɑt, -ɔʔ
NounEdit
Scot (plural Scots)
Usage notesEdit
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a person born in or native to Scotland
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Proper nounEdit
Scot
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Scot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Scot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157
AnagramsEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
Scot m (genitive singular Scoit, nominative plural Scoit)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Scot
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Scot”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN