myEtymology.com: French etymology of squash

Etymology of the French word squash

the French word squash

derived from 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

Dutch squash, German Squash, Norwegian squash, Swedish squash