Where does “écoute” come from?

écoute (French) comes from French écouter, from Middle French escouter, from Old French escouter, from Latin ausculto, from Proto-Italic *auskoltā.

écoute (French): the act of listening; listening in, especially...

Definitions

  1. the act of listening; listening in, especially...

Ancestry of “écoute”, step by step

écoute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French écouter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécouterto listen; to listen to
2Middle Frenchescouterto listen
3Old Frenchescouterto listen
4LatinauscultoI listen, I hear; I heed, I accept, I obey
5Proto-Italic*auskoltā—

via Old French escote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescote—
2Old Norseskautcorner of a cloth, of a sail; corner of a square...
3Proto-Germanicskautazcorner; wedge; the corner of a piece of cloth or...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
Every word from Proto-Italic *auskoltā →Every word from Latin ausculto →Every word from Old French escouter →