Etymology of scant

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adv

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

verb

To limit in amount or share; to stint. · To fail, or become less; to scantle.

noun

A small piece or quantity. · Scarcity; lack. · A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. · A sheet of stone.

adj

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. · Sparing; parsimonious; chary. · Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

det

Very little, very few.

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Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective.

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Inherited-form mentionscantenm
Derivation mentionskamtnon
Derivation mention*skammazgem-pro · short
Derivation mention*(s)ḱem-ine-pro · mutilated, hornless
Inherited-form mentionscantenenm

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