Where does “esquadrilha” come from?
esquadrilha (Portuguese) comes from Spanish escuadrilla, from Spanish escuadra, from Spanish escuadrar, from Vulgar Latin exquadro, from Latin quadrus, from Latin quadro, from Latin quadra, from Latin quattŭor — and.
esquadrilha (Portuguese): squadron
Definitions
- squadron
Ancestry of “esquadrilha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escuadrilla | squadron |
| 2 | Spanish | escuadra | squadron; squad; set square |
| 3 | Spanish | escuadrar | to square |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exquadro | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadro | I make four-cornered, square, make square; I put... |
| 7 | Latin | quadra | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |