- scout (v1.)
- c.1300, from Old French escouter "to listen, heed" (Modern French écouter), from Latin auscultare "to listen to, give heed to." Related: Scouted; scouting. Noun meaning "person who scouts" first attested 1550s. Boy Scout is from 1908.
- scout (v2.)
- "to reject with scorn," c.1600, of Scandinavian origin (cf. Old Norse skuta, skute "taunt"), probably from a source related to shout.