Where does “scot” come from?

scot (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin excoto, from Latin excutiō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

scot (Aromanian): I remove, take out; I wrest, wrench, snatch; I...

Definitions

  1. I remove, take out; I wrest, wrench, snatch; I...

Ancestry of “scot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexcoto—
2Latinexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin excutiō →