Shoot Family History

From Middle English shot(e), shute representing Old English *scēot, *sceōt, or a SW and W Midlands dialect form of Old English scyte, both denoting ‘steep slope’. Names with this sense are difficult to separate from those in (ii). See also Shutt and Shott.

From Middle English shot(e) or shut(e), Old English scēat, *sceāt or a SW and W Midlands dialect form of Old English *scīete, ‘projecting piece of land or corner of land’; see Shute.