Morpheme
Squash
Type
free base
Denotation
crush, squeeze, compress, press
Etymology
Middle English squachen; Old French esquacher, from esquasser, escasser, escachier; unattested Vulgar Latin *exquassare; Latin ex + quassare
Evidence
squash, squashable, squashed, squashes, squashier, squashiest, squashing, squashy
Notes
racket game named after the squashy soft rubber ball
