Where does “squishiness” come from?
squishiness (English) comes from English squishy, from English squish, from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
squishiness (English): The state or quality of being squishy
Definitions
- The state or quality of being squishy
Ancestry of “squishiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | squishy | Yielding easily to pressure; very soft;... |
| 2 | English | squish | The sound or action of something, especially... |
| 3 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 4 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 5 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |