Where does “squadrista” come from?
squadrista (English) comes from Italian squadrista, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
squadrista (English): A member of an Italian fascist squad
Definitions
- A member of an Italian fascist squad
Ancestry of “squadrista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | squadrista | member of a squad (in Fascist times) |
| 2 | Italian | squadra | set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;... |
| 3 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |