scuttle

scuttle · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromscutum“shield”
2. Latin · derived fromscutra“flat tray, dish”
3. Latin · derived fromscutella
4. Old English · inherited fromscutel“dish, platter”
5. Middle English · inherited fromscuttel
6. English todayscuttle

From Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), perhaps related to Latin scutum (“shield”); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.

scuttle · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skautaz“corner; wedge; lap”
2. Gothic · derived from𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃“projecting edge, fringe”
3. Spanish · derived fromescotilla
4. Old Norse · derived fromskaut“corner of a cloth, of a sail”
5. Middle French · borrowed fromescoutille
6. English todayscuttle

Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English sċēat. More at sheet.

scuttle · verb, noun³

See scuddle.

Words from the same roots