scotch
English
/skɒtʃ/, /skɑtʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A surface cut or abrasion.
- A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
- A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scocchen (cut, score, nick) derived from Latin ex- (out of, out, from, away, out from, off, through, outside of, away from, prefix meaning thoroughly, forth) derived from Old French coche (notch).
Origin
Old French
coche
Gloss
notch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- butterscotch English
- hop English
- hopscotch English
- hopscotcher English
- *catafalcum Latin
- *exbattere Latin
- *excadeo, excadēre, *excadeō Latin
- *excadesco, *excadescere Latin
- *excadescō Latin
- *excadeō Latin
- *excampare Latin
- *excappāre Latin
- *excarmināre Latin
- *excarminō Latin
- *excolligere Latin
- *excondīcere Latin
- *exfricāre Latin
- *exmagāre Latin
- *exmulgō Latin
- *exmŭlgĕre Latin
- *expingere Latin
- *exquadra Latin
- *scarpsus Latin
- *scarsus Latin
- cappa Latin
- ex- Latin
- excaldare Latin
- exhumō Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- extemptāre Latin
- frīgidus Latin
- scūrō Latin
- ēlūcidātus Latin
- auf ex trinken German
- s- Italian
- scadere Italian
- scotch French
- scotcher French
- escaecer Spanish, Castilian
- *kerp- Proto-Indo-European
- emigração Portuguese
- esfriar Portuguese
- *maginą Proto-Germanic
- *magô Proto-Germanic
- eksplodera Norwegian Nynorsk
- scocchen Middle English
- coche Old French
- es- Old French
- esbahir Old French
- esbair, esbaïr Old French
- escapler Old French
- esmagar Galician
- scădea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- es- Occitan
- escaecer Asturian
- ṣbsòstra Romagnol