Where does “scarcement” come from?

scarcement (English) comes from English scarce, from Middle English scars, from Old Northern French scars.

scarcement (English): An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc.,...

Definitions

  1. An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc.,...

Ancestry of “scarcement”, step by step

scarcement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scarce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscarceUncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient...
2Middle EnglishscarsRare, scarce; not common or widespread
3Old Northern Frenchscars—

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Old Northern French scars →Every word from Middle English scars →Every word from English scarce →
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