Etymology of the English word buckshot
the English word
buckshotderived from the English word
shotderived from the English word
scotderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skutanderived from the English word
shootderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skeud-derived from the English word
buckderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*bukkonDate
The earliest known usage of buckshot in English dates from the 15th century.
