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quadrare
Latin · ancient
"to square"
the verb 'to make square', from quadrus 'a square'
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squadra
Italian · medieval
"a square; a battalion"
named a square infantry formation and, by extension, the unit itself
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esquade
French · medieval
"a small military unit"
borrowed for a small military unit
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squad
English · 1640s-1809
"a small organized group"
entered for a small detail of soldiers, later any small organized group
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