Where does “escatir” come from?

escatir (Old French) comes from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

escatir (Old French): compress, press down, lay flat, crush

Definitions

  1. compress, press down, lay flat, crush

Ancestry of “escatir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchquatirTo press down, flatten
2Latincoactirepress together, force
3Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
4Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-