Etymology of the French word escadre
the Old French word
escadrederived from the Old Spanish word
escuadraderived from the Old Spanish word
escuadrarderived from the Latin root
*exquadrareusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
quadrus (square)
derived from the Latin word
quattuor (four)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷetwer-derived from the Old Italian word
squadraderived from the Italian word
squadrarederived from the Latin root
*exquadrareusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
quadrus (square)
derived from the Latin word
quattuor (four)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷetwer-Date
The earliest known usage of escadre in French dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in French
esquade,
escouade,
escadrilleDerivations in other languages
Romanian
escadrăCognates
Dutch
eskader, Dutch
eskadron, English
squadron, French
escadron, German
Geschwader, German
Schwadron, German
Eskadron, Italian
schiera, Lithuanian
eskadronas, Norwegian
skvadron, Russian
эскaдpoн, Swedish
eskader, Swedish
skvadronUsage
Word found in Old French
