Where does “squaffle” come from?
squaffle (English) comes from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
squaffle (English): A slice of squash impressed with a grid pattern...
Definitions
- A slice of squash impressed with a grid pattern...
Ancestry of “squaffle”, step by step
squaffle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English squash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 2 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 3 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 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 |
via English waffle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waffle | A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern; A... |
| 2 | Scots | waffle | to waver, flutter |
| 3 | Scots | waff | to wave, to move to and fro |
| 4 | Middle English | waffen | — |
| 5 | Old English | wafian | to wave; to be agitated, astonished, amazed; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wabōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |