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class="foreign notranslate">scutella</span> "salver," in Medieval Latin, "a serving platter, plate" (see <a href="/word/scuttle#etymonline_v_23031" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scuttle " class="crossreference notranslate">scuttle</a> (n.)).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:mid-15c.">mid-15c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to scullery">Entries linking to <i>scullery</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scuttle" href="/word/scuttle#etymonline_v_23031">scuttle<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">scutel</span> "dish; basket, winnowing basket," from late Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">scutel</span> "broad, shallow dish; platter," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">scutella</span> "serving platter" (source also of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">escuelle</span>, Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">écuelle</span>, Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">escudilla</span>, Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">scudella</span> "a plate, bowl"), diminutive of <span class="foreign notranslate">scutra</span> "flat tray, dish," which is perhaps related to <span class="foreign notranslate">scutum</span> "shield" (see <a href="/word/escutcheon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of escutcheon " class="crossreference notranslate">escutcheon</a>).</p> <p>A common Germanic borrowing from Latin (Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">skutill</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">schotel</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">scuzzila</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Schüssel</span> "a dish"). The meaning "basket for sifting grain" is attested from mid-14c.; the sense of "deep, sheet-metal bucket for holding small amounts of coal" is by 1849, short for <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>coal-scuttle</strong></span>. An <span class="foreign notranslate">Arnaldus Scutelmuth</span> turns up in a roll from 1275.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scullion" href="/word/scullion#etymonline_v_23020">scullion<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"low-ranking domestic servant who performs menial kitchen tasks," late 15c., <span class="foreign notranslate">sculioun, scwlioun</span>, perhaps, with substitution of suffix, from Anglo-French <span class="foreign notranslate">sculier</span>, a variant of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">escuelier</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">escouve</span> "broom, twig," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">scopa</span> (plural <span class="foreign notranslate">scopæ</span>) "broom," related to <span class="foreign notranslate">scapus</span> "shaft, stem" (see <a href="/word/scape#etymonline_v_50258" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scape " class="crossreference notranslate">scape</a> (n.2)). Or it might be an alteration of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">souillon</span> "scullion" (but this is not attested before 16c.), by influence of <a href="/word/scullery" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scullery " class="crossreference notranslate">scullery</a>. "The word is now generally associated in thought with <span class="foreign notranslate">scullery</span>, which is, however, of different origin" [Century Dictionary].</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of scullery">Trends of <i>scullery</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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