Over time both the noun and the verb changed to “fly”, and the meaning of the noun form of the word became narrower, covering only flying insects. Although English was originally a Germanic language, the Germans have a different word for butterfly — Schmetterling, from the Middle German word smetern.
From a Late Latin name which was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator". Saint Scholastica was a 6th-century Benedictine abbess, the sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia.
Scotia is a Latin placename derived from Scoti, a Latin name for Ireland, meaning the land of the Gaels. Originally, it meant the land of the Gaels: Ireland and part of northern Britain.
One intriguing alternative: Choose an ancient or alternative name for a favorite place. Scotia is the Latin name for Scotland and its people. Caledonia is another possibility, used by the Romans for the land north of Hadrian's Wall in England, which marked the upper boundary of the Roman Empire.
Origin and Meaning of Scotlyn. "Scotlyn" is a name of American origin, and it means "Combination of Scott and Lyn".
From the English word scout meaning "one who gathers information covertly", which is derived from Old French escouter "to listen". Harper Lee used this name in her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960).
In Greek mythology, Scylla (/ˈsɪlə/ SIL-ə; Greek: Σκύλλα, pronounced [skýl̚la], Skylla) was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. ... The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose between two similarly dangerous situations.
