Where does “squoodles” come from?
squoodles (English) comes from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
squoodles (English): Squash sliced into thin strips so as to resemble noodles, or spaghetti squash cooked and used like noodles
Definitions
- Squash sliced into thin strips so as to resemble noodles, or spaghetti squash cooked and used like noodles
Ancestry of “squoodles”, step by step
squoodles traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English squash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 2 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 3 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English noodles
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | noodles | plural of noodle; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | Dutch | noedel | noodle, especially a type from Asian cuisine but... |
| 3 | German | Nudel | pasta, noodle |
| 4 | Middle High German | knödel | — |
| 5 | Old High German | knoto | knot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | knuttô | a knot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gnod- | to bind |