Where does “cheer squad” come from?
cheer squad (English) comes from English squad, from French escouade, from German Eskadron, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — whale, sea monster; abyss.
cheer squad (English): A team of cheerleaders
Definitions
- A team of cheerleaders
Ancestry of “cheer squad”, step by step
cheer squad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English squad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squad | A group of people organized for some common... |
| 2 | French | escouade | squad, squadron |
| 3 | German | Eskadron | — |
| 4 | Italian | squadra | set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;... |
| 5 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English cheer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cheer | A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or... |
| 2 | Middle English | chere | state of mind as indicated by facial expression;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | chere | — |
| 4 | Old French | chiere | face; oblique/nominative feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | cara | nominative feminine singular of cārus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | cārus | dear, beloved |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kāros | dear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kéh₂ros | loved; dear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂- | to desire, wish |