Where does “caposquadriglia” come from?
caposquadriglia (Italian) comes from Italian squadriglia, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
caposquadriglia (Italian): flight lieutenant
Definitions
- flight lieutenant
Ancestry of “caposquadriglia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | squadriglia | squadron; flight; small team |
| 2 | Italian | squadra | set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;... |
| 3 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 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 |