Where does “squat” come from?
Squat derives from Old French esquatir, formed from the prefix es- (from Latin ex-) combined with a root of uncertain origin ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
squat (English): Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;...
Definitions
- Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;...
Ancestry of “squat”, step by step
squat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English squatten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 2 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 3 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 4 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 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 |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |