Etymology

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Today it means: Scottish. Full definition →

Middle Scots Scottis ← Old English Scottisċ
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  1. Old English · derived fromScottisċ
  2. Middle Scots · borrowed fromScottis
  3. English todayScots

Borrowed from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottisċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch, Scottish, and schottische.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.