Where does “squadder” come from?
squadder (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.
squadder (English): A member of a squad
Definitions
- A member of a squad
Ancestry of “squadder”, step by step
squadder 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 ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |