Etymograph

English

squadronmate

From squadron + mate.

A compound of squadron + mate

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

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Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre

Italian squadrare ‘to delimit in a square or rectangular shape’

Italian squadra ‘squad’

Italian squadrone

English squadron

Proto-Germanic *matiz ‘food’

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Old Saxon *gimato

Middle Low German gemate ‘messmate’

Middle Low German mate ‘messmate’

Middle English mate

English mate

Today it means

noun One who is in the same squadron.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / squadronmate