noun
Origin: ME sconse, aphetic < OFr esconse, dark lantern < pp. of escondre, to hide < L abscondere: see abscond
noun
Origin: Du schans, fortress, orig., wickerwork, wicker basket < Ger schanze < It scanso, defense < scansare, to avoid < VL *excampsare < ex-, away + *campsare, to sail around < Gr kampsai, aorist of kamptein, to bend; akin to L campus: see campus
See sconce in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Dutch schans
Origin: , from German Schanze
Origin: , from Middle High German
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French esconse, lantern, hiding place
Origin: , from Medieval Latin scōnsa
Origin: , from Latin abscōnsa
Origin: , feminine past participle of abscondere, to hide away
Origin: : ab-, abs-, away; see ab-1
Origin: + condere, to preserve; see dhē- in Indo-European roots
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