Where does “squasher” come from?
squasher (English) comes from Dutch squashen, from Dutch squash, from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin.
squasher (English): One who, or that which, squashes
Definitions
- One who, or that which, squashes
Ancestry of “squasher”, step by step
squasher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch squashen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | squashen | to play squash |
| 2 | Dutch | squash | squash |
| 3 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 4 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 5 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via German Squash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Squash | squash |