The story
- Old English · inherited fromsċēotere“shooter”
- Middle English · inherited fromschoter
- English todayshooter
From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.