myEtymology.com: English etymology of squash

1. Etymology of the English word squash

the English word squash

derived from the Old French word esquasser

derived from the Vulgar Latin word exquassare

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Vulgar Latin word quassare (shake repeatedly; wave, flourish)

derived from the Latin word quatere (shake)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kwet-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kwēt-

derived from the Narragansett word askútasquash

French squash

Word found in Modern English

derived from the English word squash

derived from the Narraganset word askutasquash

Word found in Modern English