Etymology

squatly

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Today it means: In a squat manner; solidly. Full definition →

English squat ← Middle English squatten ← Old French esquatir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Old Frenches-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latinco-
  11. Latinagō
  12. Latincōgō
  13. Latincoāctus
  14. Old Frenchquatir
  15. Old Frenchesquatir
  16. Middle Englishsquatten
  17. Englishsquat
  18. English todaysquatly

From squat + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.