scout English · revision 13576

− It is, with loss of the first syllable, [[bor|fro|escouter|t=to listen, heed]] (modern écouter),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a variant of ascouter, from Vulgar Latin *ascultāre,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin auscultāre, to listen (see [[auscultation]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) which Barnhart derives from a form meaning “heard with one's own ears”, related to auris, ear.^(Barnhart 1988) Word Origins notes that the first scouts used their ears rather than their eyes.^(Cresswell 2021)