The story
- Middle English · derived fromscut“hare”
- Middle English · derived fromscout
- English todayScutt
Occupational surname for a scout or spy, from Middle English scout, or a nickname for a swift person, from Middle English scut (“hare”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishscout all →
scout
Middle Englishscut all →
scudscut
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.