Where does “Scouts” come from?

Scouts (English) comes from English Scout, from Middle English scout, from Old French escoute, from Old French escouter, from Latin ausculto, from Proto-Italic *auskoltā.

Scouts (English): plural of Scout

Definitions

  1. plural of Scout

Ancestry of “Scouts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishScoutA member of any of various scouting...
2Middle Englishscout—
3Old Frenchescouteaction of listening
4Old Frenchescouterto listen
5LatinauscultoI listen, I hear; I heed, I accept, I obey
6Proto-Italic*auskoltā—

Words derived from “Scouts”

Every word from Proto-Italic *auskoltā →Every word from Latin ausculto →Every word from Old French escouter →