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écot.

share (of the bill, etc.)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/e.ko//e.kɔ/

  1. share (of the bill, etc.)

    masculine

  2. scot (tax)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French escot, from Old French escot, escoz (“payment”), from Old Frankish *skot (“tax”, literally “that which is thrown in”), from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”). Cognate with Old High German scoz (“bullet, missile, projectile, javelin, shot”), Old English scot, sceot (“shot, lot, payment”). More at scot.

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