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escuage

Meaninga shield

Common meaning: a payment made instead of military service

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchescu‘a shield’source
  2. Late Latinscutagiumsource
  3. Old Frenchescuagesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa shield → a payment made instead of military serviceescuage‘a payment made instead of military service’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French escu ‘a shield’.

Roots

  • escu Old French “a shield”

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