Where does “hack squat” come from?
hack squat (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- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
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Ancestry of “hack squat”, step by step
hack squat traces back through two 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 |