Where does “эскадрон” come from?
эскадрон (Russian) 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.
Ancestry of “эскадрон”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | escadron | squadron |
| 2 | Italian | squadrone | squadron |
| 3 | Italian | squadra | set square, triangle; team, squad, group, side;... |
| 4 | Italian | squadrare | To delimit in a square or rectangular shape; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |