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Scoti
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scoti
Latin
Etymology 1
la darkness
Pronunciation
Scotī
Proper noun
la proper noun form Scotī
la Scotus<id:darkness><ng:personification of darkness> gen s
Etymology 2
la Scot
la. Possibly from la cel -, though the name does not correspond to any known tribes. Another possibility is a non-Indo-European la qfa-sub -.
According to one theory, the original meaning was “cut off, outcast”, related to ga scoith to cut off, from mga scoth point, edge (of weapon), from la cel-pro *skutā, from la ine-pro *skewt- to cut.C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, page 157
Alternative forms
la Scottī
Pronunciation
Scōtī
Noun
la noun form Scōtī
la Scōtus<id:Scot><t:Gael; Scot> gen s ; nom//voc p
Proper noun
Scōtī<2>
the Scots; the Scottish people of northern Britain
the Irish; Gaelic-speaking people of Ireland and Scotland
la Chronicon Scotorum Chronicle of the Irish
Declension
Scōtī<2>
Derived terms
la Scōtia Scōticus Scōtinus Scōtus<id:Scot>
Descendants
en Scots
it Scoti
scn Scuti
References