Where does “eskadron” come from?

eskadron (Polish) comes from French escadron, from Italian squadrone, from Italian squadra, from Italian squadrare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

eskadron (Polish): squadron

Definitions

  1. squadron

Ancestry of “eskadron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchescadronsquadron
2Italiansquadronesquadron
3Italiansquadraset square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;...
4ItaliansquadrareTo delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to...
5Vulgar Latinexquadra
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicōto impart, share
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος