Where does “squirearchal” come from?
squirearchal (English) comes from English squirearchy, from English squire, from Old French esquire, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
squirearchal (English): Of or pertaining to squirearchy
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to squirearchy
Ancestry of “squirearchal”, step by step
squirearchal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English squirearchy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squirearchy | The landowning gentry |
| 2 | English | squire | A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a... |
| 3 | Old French | esquire | — |
| 4 | Old French | esquarre | square |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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 |