Etymograph

English

squoval

Blend of square + oval, coined in 1984.

A blend of square + oval

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’

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Vulgar Latin *exquadrō

Vulgar Latin *exquadra

Old French esquarre ‘square’

Middle English square ‘a square’

English square

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm ‘egg’

Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om ‘egg’

Late Latin ovum ‘egg’

Late Latin ovalis ‘egg- (relational)’

English oval

The story

Blend of square + oval, coined in 1984.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

adj square oval

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “squoval”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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