Where does “escadrille” come from?
escadrille (English) 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 (English): A small squadron; A unit of ten or more aircraft...
Definitions
- A small squadron; A unit of ten or more aircraft...
Ancestry of “escadrille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | escadrille | squadron; flotilla |
| 2 | Spanish | escuadrilla | squadron |
| 3 | Spanish | escuadra | squadron; squad; set square |
| 4 | Spanish | escuadrar | to square |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exquadro | — |
| 6 | Latin | quadrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quadro | I make four-cornered, square, make square; I put... |
| 8 | Latin | quadra | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |