Etymology

scutage

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Today it means: A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Full definition →

Middle English scutage ← Medieval Latin scutagium ← Latin scutum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscutum“shield”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromscutagium
  3. Middle English · inherited fromscutage
  4. English todayscutage

From Middle English scutage, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum (“shield”).

Words from the same roots

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