Etymology
The word "scanty" is derived from the Old French word "escante", which in turn comes from the Medieval Latin word "excanthus" meaning "cornered".
Meaning
"Scanty" means:
Origin
The word "escante" originally referred to a triangular piece of cloth used to fill in a corner of a garment. By the 14th century, it had come to be used more generally to mean "cornered" or "narrow".
In English, the word "scanty" first appeared in the 15th century with the meaning of "not enough". By the 17th century, it had acquired its current meaning of "insufficient in quantity or amount, short in supply, or narrow in scope".
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