Etymograph

English

scutate

Scutate comes from Latin scutātus ‘armed with a scutum (long shield)’, and goes back to scutum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutum1‘shield’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutātus1‘armed with a scutum (long shield)’
  3. Englishtodayscutate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scutate

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutumWiktionary, English scutate‘shield’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscutātusWiktionary, English scutate‘armed with a scutum (long shield)’
  3. EnglishtodayscutateWiktionary, English scutate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’

nice, ship, science, equipment, shift, scientific, shed, skip, kyle, ski, conscious, shin, sheath, skeet, skiff, chine, prescient, skein, shud, 42 more

through Latin scutum ‘shield’

squire, skew, scuttle, scullery, 12 more

Today it means

adj Shaped like a shield or buckler.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scutate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin scutum / scutate

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