écot

Inherited from Middle French escot, from Old French escot, escoz (“payment”), from Old Frankish *skot (“tax”, literally “that which is thrown in”), from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”). Cognate with Old High German scoz (“bullet, missile, projectile, javelin, shot”), Old English scot, sceot (“shot, lot, payment”). More at scot.

• IPA^(key): /e.ko/

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• Homophone: écho

écot m (plural écots)

1. share (of the bill, etc.)
2. scot (tax)

• “écot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.