Etymology of the English word squashing
the English word
squashingderived from the English word
squashderived from the Old French word
esquasserderived from the Vulgar Latin word
exquassareusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
