Where does “scoutess” come from?

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

scoutess (English): A female scout

Definitions

  1. A female scout

Ancestry of “scoutess”, step by step

scoutess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Scout

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—

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
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