Where does “escadrille” come from?

escadrille (Dutch) comes from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Spanish escuadra, from Spanish escuadrar, from Vulgar Latin exquadro, from Latin quadrus, from Latin quadro, from Latin quadra — and.

escadrille (Dutch): escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes

Definitions

  1. escadrille, small squadron; especially of aeroplanes

Ancestry of “escadrille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchescadrillesquadron; flotilla
2Spanishescuadrillasquadron
3Spanishescuadrasquadron; squad; set square
4Spanishescuadrarto square
5Vulgar Latinexquadro
6Latinquadrussquare
7LatinquadroI make four-cornered, square, make square; I put...
8Latinquadrasquare
9Latinquattŭorfour; 4
10Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
11Old Portuguesequartoquarter
12Latinquārtusfourth
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
15Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos