English
squatment
From squat + -ment.
Formed from squat + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Latin coāctus
Old French quatir ‘to press down, flatten’
Old French esquatir
Middle English squatten ‘to squat’
English squat
Today it means
noun Squatter settlement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / squatment