English
escouade
Escouade comes from French escouade ‘squad, squadron’, from Italian squadra ‘set square, triangle (tool)’, and ultimately from Latin quadrus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquadrus‘square’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exquadrōreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentsquadraredeverb.
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsquadra‘set square, triangle (tool)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentescouade‘squad, squadron’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquadrus‘square’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exquadrōreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentsquadraredeverb.
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsquadra‘set square, triangle (tool)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentescouade‘squad, squadron’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr
through Latin quattuor ‘four’
cater, quadruple, cadre, quatre, cuatro, quatrain, 24 more
through Latin quadrō ‘to make four-cornered, square, make square’
through Latin quadrus ‘square’
square, quadrant, quadratic, quadra, 10 more
through Italian squadra ‘set square, triangle (tool)’
through French escouade ‘squad, squadron’
Today it means
noun A squad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quadrus / escouade