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