Where does “Schwadroneur” come from?
Schwadroneur (German) comes from German schwadronieren, from German Schwadron, from Italian squadrone, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
Schwadroneur (German): windbag
Definitions
- windbag
Ancestry of “Schwadroneur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schwadronieren | To talk in a voluminous and excited manner; to... |
| 2 | German | Schwadron | squadron |
| 3 | Italian | squadrone | squadron |
| 4 | Italian | squadra | set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;... |
| 5 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 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... |