Squad

Morpheme

Squad

Type

free base

Denotation

small group

Etymology

French escouade, esquade, from escadre; Spanish escuadra and/or Italian squadra; Latin ex + quadrare, from quadrus

Evidence

squad, squadded, squaddie, squadding, squads

Notes

squad, squadra, and square are doublets

Doublet

Square

See Also

Square, Squadr