Etymology of the English word escutcheon
the English word
escutcheonderived from the Anglo-Norman word
escuchonderived from the Latin root
*scutioderived from the Classical Latin word
scutum (shield)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skei-Date
The earliest known usage of escutcheon in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
