Where does “ескадрилья” come from?
ескадрилья (Ukrainian) 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.
ескадрилья (Ukrainian): air force squadron
Definitions
- air force squadron
Ancestry of “ескадрилья”, 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 |