escot

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French escot, from Frankish *skot (“monetary contribution”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [əsˈko̞t] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əsˈkɔt] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈkɔt] ==== Noun ==== escot m (plural escots) share (the portion held by one person of a financial commitment that was made jointly with others) ===== Derived terms ===== escotar (“to pay one's share”) ===== See also ===== acció (“a share of stock”) quota (“membership fee”) === Etymology 2 === From escotar (“to make or wear clothing with décolletage that exposes cleavage”). Note that despite the similarities in pronunciation, and that they both deal with clothing around the neck, the English word ascot has no etymological connection to the Catalan word escot. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [əsˈkut] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əsˈkot] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈkot] ==== Noun ==== escot m (plural escots) décolletage (a low neckline that exposes cleavage) Synonym: escotat cleavage (the portion of the bust and back that is left uncovered because it is above the neckline of a dress) === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Latin Scōtus. ==== Noun ==== escot m (plural escots, feminine escota, feminine plural escotes) (historical) Scotus; a member of the Goidelic peoples that raided Roman Britain from Ireland, and then in the Early Middle Ages invaded and settled Western Scotland (archaic) Scot (a native of Scotland) Synonym: escocès ===== Related terms ===== Escòcia === Usage notes === The etymologies of the noun escot and the verb escotar are intertwined. In Etymology 1, the noun is the root form and the verb is derived from it, while in Etymology 2, the verb is the root form and the noun is derived from it. === Further reading === “escot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “escot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “escot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Middle French == === Alternative forms === ecot, écot, escoc === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French escot. ==== Noun ==== escot m (plural escots) individual share or part of a payment (metonymic) shared table portion of an inheritance ===== Descendants ===== French: écot → Asturian: escote → Portuguese: escote → Spanish: escote === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French escot. ==== Noun ==== escot m (plural escots) unpruned tree trunk ===== Descendants ===== French: écot === References === ÉCOT1 on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Old French == === Alternative forms === escost, escout, esquot === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *skot. ==== Noun ==== escot oblique singular, m (oblique plural escoz or escotz, nominative singular escoz or escotz, nominative plural escot) individual share or part of a payment total cost of a meal banquet ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: escotFrench: écot→ Asturian: escote→ Portuguese: escote→ Spanish: escote === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan. ==== Noun ==== escot oblique singular, m (oblique plural escoz or escotz, nominative singular escoz or escotz, nominative plural escot) tree stump ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: escotFrench: écot === References === “escot1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. “escot2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.