Where does “squeegee mop” come from?

squeegee mop (English) comes from English squeegee, from English squeege, from English squeeze, from English squize, from English quease, from Middle English queisen, from Old English cwȳsan — to quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise.

squeegee mop (English): A mop with a sponge at right angles to a handle, which is used for mopping floors and by use of a second levered arm may be squeezed out into a standard bucket with no grating or grill as required for a conventional mop

Definitions

  1. A mop with a sponge at right angles to a handle, which is used for mopping floors and by use of a second levered arm may be squeezed out into a standard bucket with no grating or grill as required for a conventional mop

Ancestry of “squeegee mop”, step by step

squeegee mop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English squeegee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsqueegeeA tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade...
2EnglishsqueegeTo squeeze
3EnglishsqueezeTo apply pressure to from two or more sides at...
4Englishsquize
5Englishquease
6Middle Englishqueisento squeeze
7Old Englishcwȳsanto quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise

via English MOP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
2Middle Englishmappe
3Walloonmappenapkin
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Old English cwȳsanEvery word from Middle English queisenEvery word from English quease