Where does “squarishness” come from?
squarishness (English) comes from English squarish, from English square, from Middle English square, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
squarishness (English): The state or quality of being squarish
Definitions
- The state or quality of being squarish
Ancestry of “squarishness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | squarish | approximately square; oblong |
| 2 | English | square | A polygon with four sides of equal length and... |
| 3 | Middle English | square | A square; A square ; a square plot of land; One... |
| 4 | Old French | esquarre | square |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |