scoto-

¹

1. a combining form meaning “darkness,” used in the formation of compound words:

   scotoma.

Scoto-

²

1. a combining form representing Scots or Scottish in compound words:

   Scoto-Irish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scoto-¹

< Latin < Greek skoto- combining form of skótos darkness

Origin of scoto-²

Combining form of Medieval Latin Scōtus Scot

Example Sentences

There are corresponding holes on the portion under the sod, which thus completes the rounded head of an ancient Scoto-Irish cross.

From Project Gutenberg

Scoto-Gallic words were quite differently situated from French words and phrases adopted in England.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of the Scoto-Roman invasion is altogether different from this.

From Project Gutenberg

The last were from Scoto, who sent at the same time your most scholarly comments on that difficult work of Ptolemy.

From Project Gutenberg

Diu multumque legit scripta Occami cujus acumen anteferebat Thom et Scoto.

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