Etymology

Escaut

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Today it means: The river Scheldt, which springs modestly in Northern France but becomes navigable for seaships in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands. Full definition →

French Escaut ← Latin Scaldis
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  1. Latin · derived fromScaldis
  2. French · borrowed fromEscaut
  3. English todayEscaut

Borrowed from French Escaut, from Latin Scaldis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.