Escutcheon

Morpheme

Escutcheon

Type

free base

Denotation

coat of arms, literally shield

Etymology

Middle English scochoun; Anglo-Norman escuchoune; Old French escuççon, escuchon; Vulgar Latin *scūtiōnem; Latin scūtum

Evidence

escutcheon, escutcheonectomy, escutcheoned, escutcheons, inescutcheon, inescutcheons, unescutcheoned

See Also

Scute, Scude, Ecu, Escu, Cardecue