Where does “squaddie” come from?
squaddie (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.
squaddie (English): A private in the army
Ancestry of “squaddie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |