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Where does “intrasquadron” come from?

intrasquadron (English) comes from English squadron, from French escadron, from Italian squadrone, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

intrasquadron (English): Within a squadron

Definitions

  1. Within a squadron

Ancestry of “intrasquadron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsquadronPrimarily, a square; hence, a square body of...
2Frenchescadronsquadron
3Italiansquadronesquadron
4Italiansquadraset square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;...
5ItaliansquadrareTo delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to...
6Vulgar Latinexquadra—
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicō—
9Latincommūnis—
10Old Latincom(m)oinis—
11Proto-Italickommoinis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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