Where does “squireling” come from?
squireling (English) comes from English squire, from Old French esquire, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
squireling (English): A petty squire
Ancestry of “squireling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | squire | A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a... |
| 2 | Old French | esquire | — |
| 3 | Old French | esquarre | square |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 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 | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |