Where does “escotar” come from?
escotar (Galician) comes from Catalan escotar, from Catalan escot, from Old French escot, from Frankish skot, from Proto-Germanic skutą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.
escotar (Galician): to pay one's share of the cost; to make low-cut...
Definitions
- to pay one's share of the cost; to make low-cut...
Ancestry of “escotar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | escotar | to pay one's share of the cost; to make clothing... |
| 2 | Catalan | escot | share; décolletage; cleavage |
| 3 | Old French | escot | payment |
| 4 | Frankish | skot | tax; monetary contribution; shot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skutą | shot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |