Etymology

escuage

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Today it means: Payment to a lord in lieu of military service. Full definition →

Middle English scuage ← Old French escuage
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromescuage
  2. Middle English · inherited fromscuage
  3. English todayescuage

Inherited from Middle English scuage, from Old French escuage; in Modern English, remodelled on the Old French etymon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.