Where does “escuage” come from?
escuage (Old French) comes from Old French escu, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
escuage (Old French): escuage medieval payment to a lord
Definitions
- escuage medieval payment to a lord
Ancestry of “escuage”, step by step
escuage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French escu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | escu | Alternative form of escut; shield |
| 2 | Latin | scūtum | a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Old French escuer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | escuer | Alternative form of eschiver; to evade |