Skate Definition
To skateboard.
Origin of Skate
From Dutch schaats stilt, skate (taken as pl.) from Middle Dutch schaetse from Old North French escache stilt perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Back-formation from earlier scates, from Dutch schaats, from Old Northern French escache, compare Modern French échasse.
From Wiktionary
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Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite contemptible person blatherskite
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English scate from Old Norse skata
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse skata.
From Wiktionary
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