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