English

shot

/ʃɒt/
Tired, weary.

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    Etymology 1

    The past participle of shoot.

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishschot
      • inheritedOld Englishsċot
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*skutą
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*(s)kewd- “to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”
      • inheritedOld Englishġesċot
    • derivedEnglishshoot “To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishscheten
        • inheritedOld Englishsċēotan
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*skeutan

    Related: English scot (doublet)

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