Scot Definition
(UK, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
A person born in or native to Scotland.
A male given name, a rare spelling variant of Scott.
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Origin of Scot
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Middle English tax partly from Old Norse skot and partly from Old French escot of Germanic origin skeud- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English Scottes Scotsmen from Old English Scottas Scotsmen, Irishmen from Late Latin Scottī Irishmen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old Norse skot, later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Compare shot.
From Wiktionary
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Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen"), from Late Latin Scotti.
From Wiktionary
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