- This term is likely a back formation from scooter, the object which someone rides to move fast. This could also be a semantic shift in the verb scoot tying back again to the etymology of scooter as scoot + -er (an agent noun forming suffix). This is a less conventional form than scooter (v.) based on my polling around campus.
scoot
verb; back formation
to ride a scooter
Etymology : from scoot 'run or make off' of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse skjota 'to shoot.'
Source : (November): “She scooted up to rehearsal on her scooter.” (A MOBster)
Last modified: 30 November 2017