Where does “squashberry” come from?

squashberry (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.

squashberry (English): "Viburnum edule", the pembina or lowbush...

Definitions

  1. "Viburnum edule", the pembina or lowbush...

Ancestry of “squashberry”, step by step

squashberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English squash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsquashA sport played in a walled court with a soft...
2Middle Englishsquachen
3Old Frenchesquacher
4Vulgar Latinexcoactiare
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicōto impart, share
7Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
8Old Latincom(m)oinis
9Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via English Berry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerryA place name
2Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
3Old Englishberġeberry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz