Where does “scūtum” come from?

scūtum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scūtum (Latin): a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry

Definitions

  1. a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry

Ancestry of “scūtum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskei-to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scūtum”

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