Etymograph

English

subsquadron

From sub- + squadron.

Formed from sub- + squadron

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

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Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre

Italian squadrare ‘to delimit in a square or rectangular shape’

Italian squadra ‘squad’

Italian squadrone

English squadron

Today it means

noun A squadron forming part of a greater squadron.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subsquadron”. 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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