Where does “squisher” come from?
squisher (English) comes from English squish, from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
squisher (English): One who, or that which, squishes
Definitions
- One who, or that which, squishes
Ancestry of “squisher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | squish | The sound or action of something, especially... |
| 2 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 3 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 4 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |