scamp

scamp · noun¹

1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*excampāre
2. Old French · derived fromescamper“to run away, to make one's escape”
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromschampen“slip away”
4. English todayscamp

From Middle Dutch schampen (“slip away”), from Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Compare escape.

scamp · verb²

1. Icelandic · derived fromskamta“to dole out, to stint”
2. English todayscamp

Perhaps related to sense 1, but influenced by the later attested skimp; however, compare Icelandic skamta (“to dole out, to stint”), which is related to skammur (“short”).

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