Where does “scout” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescouteaction of listening
2Old Frenchescouterto listen
3LatinauscultoI listen, I hear; I heed, I accept, I obey
4Proto-Italic*auskoltā—

Words derived from “scout”

Every word from Proto-Italic *auskoltā →Every word from Latin ausculto →Every word from Old French escouter →