Etymology

quoit

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Today it means: A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. Full definition →

Middle English coyte ← Old French coite ← Latin culcita
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromculcita
  2. Old French · derived fromcoite
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcoyte“flat stone”
  4. English todayquoit

From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

Words from the same roots

Latinculcita all →

quiltcounterpoint

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.