myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of scotta

1. Etymology of the Italian word scotta

the Italian word scotta

Romanian scotă

Catalan escolta, English sheet, French écoute, Portuguese escuta, Portuguese escota, Provençal escout, Spanish escucha, Spanish escota

derived from the Italian word scotta

derived from the Latin root *excocta

derived from the Latin word excoctus

derived from the Latin word excoquere (boil; temper; boil away)

derived from the Classical Latin word coquere (cook; boil, fry)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs