Where does “absquatulate” come from?
absquatulate (English) comes from English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
absquatulate (English): To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee;...
Definitions
- To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee;...
Ancestry of “absquatulate”, step by step
absquatulate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English squat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squat | Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;... |
| 2 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 3 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 4 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 5 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English perambulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perambulate | To walk about, roam or stroll; To inspect on... |
| 2 | Latin | perambulatus | |
| 3 | Latin | perambulo | I go through; roam, tour, traverse, perambulate;... |
| 4 | Latin | ambulō | to traverse, travel |
| 5 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 6 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |