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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old French escot, from Frankish *skot (“monetary contribution”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?s?k?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es?k?t/

Noun

escot m (plural escots)

1. share (the portion held by one person of a financial commitment that was made jointly with others)

Derived terms

• escotar (“to pay one's share”)

See also

• acció (“a share of stock”)

Etymology 2

From escotar (“to make or wear clothing with décolletage that exposes cleavage”). Note that despite the similarities in pronunciation, and that they both deal with clothing around the neck, the English word ascot has no etymological connection to the Catalan word escot.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?s?kot/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es?kot/

Noun

escot m (plural escots)

1. décolletage (a low neckline that exposes cleavage)

   Synonym: escotat

2. cleavage (the portion of the bust and back that is left uncovered because it is above the neckline of a dress)

Etymology 3

From Latin Scot-.

Noun

escot m (plural escots, feminine escota)

1. (historical) Scotus; a member of the Goidelic peoples that raided Roman Britain from Ireland, and then in the Early Middle Ages invaded and settled Western Scotland.
2. (archaic) Scot (a native of Scotland)

   Synonym: escocès

Usage notes

The etymologies of the noun escot and the verb escotar are intertwined. In Etymology 1, the noun is the root form and the verb is derived from it, while in Etymology 2, the verb is the root form and the noun is derived from it.

Further reading

• “escot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escot” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “escot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Etymology

From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English scot, scott, s?eot, ?escot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skut? (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. More at shot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

scot (plural scots)

1. (Britain, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

Derived terms

Related terms

• escot
• shot
• shout
• scot-free

Anagrams

• C.O.T.S., COTS, CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, TOCs, cost, cots

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• scotu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excot?, from Latin excuti?. Compare Romanian scoate, scot.

Verb

scot (past participle scoasã)

1. I remove, take out.
2. I wrest, wrench, snatch.
3. I show, present.

Related terms

• scoatiri / scoatire
• scos

Irish

Noun

scot m (genitive singular scoit, nominative plural scoit)

1. scot, reckoning
2. picnic party (on raided food)

Declension

Old English

Alternative forms

• s??ot

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skut?. Cognate with Old Frisian skot, Old Saxon s?lscot, Old High German scoz (German Schoß), Old Norse skot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ot/

Noun

s?ot n (nominative plural s?ot)

1. shot, act of shooting
2. missile, shot
3. darting, rapid movement

Descendants

• English: shot

Romanian

Verb

scot

1. first-person singular present indicative of scoate
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of scoate
3. third-person plural present indicative of scoate