Where does “pafeskadro” come from?

pafeskadro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto eskadro, from Dutch eskader, from French escadre, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

pafeskadro (Esperanto): firing squad

Definitions

  1. firing squad

Ancestry of “pafeskadro”, step by step

pafeskadro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto eskadro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoeskadrosquadron
2Dutcheskadersquadron
3Frenchescadresquadron; wing
4Italiansquadraset square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;...
5ItaliansquadrareTo delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to...
6Vulgar Latinexquadra
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicōto impart, share
9Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
10Old Latincom(m)oinis
11Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Esperanto pafi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopafito shoot, to fire
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος