Where does “squooshiness” come from?
squooshiness (English) comes from English squooshy, from English squoosh, 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...
squooshiness (English): The state of being squooshy
Definitions
- The state of being squooshy
Ancestry of “squooshiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | squooshy | Squishy, smushy |
| 2 | English | squoosh | To squash or squeeze; To be squashed or squeezed;... |
| 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 | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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... |