Where does “scant” come from?

Scant comes from Middle English scanten, from Old Norse skamt, from Old Norse skammr meaning "short," from Proto-Germanic skammaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem-.

scant (English): Very little, very few; Not full, large, or...

Definitions

  1. Very little, very few; Not full, large, or...

Ancestry of “scant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscant—
2Old Norseskamtshort in time or space
3Proto-Germanicskammazshort; blunt; stunted
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal

Words derived from “scant”

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