Where does “squadra” come from?
squadra (Italian) comes from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
squadra (Italian): set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;...
Definitions
- set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;...
Ancestry of “squadra”, step by step
squadra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian squadrare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 3 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Spanish escuadra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escuadra | squadron; squad; set square |
| 2 | Spanish | escuadrar | to square |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | exquadro | — |
| 4 | Latin | quadrus | square |
| 5 | Latin | quadro | I make four-cornered, square, make square; I put... |
| 6 | Latin | quadra | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |