Where does “squatter” come from?
squatter (French) comes from English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
squatter (French): to squat; to crash; to tie up
Definitions
- to squat; to crash; to tie up
Ancestry of “squatter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | squat | Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;... |
| 2 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 3 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 4 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 5 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “squatter”