squire · noun, verb1
- Latin · derived fromscūtārius“shield-bearer”
- Old French · derived fromescuier
- Middle English · derived fromesquire
- English todaysquire
From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).
squire · noun2
- Old French · derived fromesquire
- Middle French · derived fromesquierre“rule, carpenter's square”
- Middle English · inherited fromsquire
- English todaysquire
From Middle English squire, borrowed from Middle French esquierre (“rule, carpenter's square”), or from Old French esquire, another form of esquarre (“square”). Cognate with French équerre. Doublet of square.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.