squat
English
/skwɒt/, /skwɑt/
adj
Definitions
- Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
- Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English squatten derived from Old French esquatir derived from Latin coactus (forced) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambiguous English
- asquat English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- countergesture English
- cybersquat English
- cybersquatter English
- digester English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- rack English
- react English
- reaction English
- squat rack English
- squatly English
- squatment English
- squatness English
- squattage English
- squatter English
- squattering English
- squattest English
- squattiness English
- squattle English
- squattocracy English
- squatty English
- suggest English
- websquatter English
- *cōctare Latin
- actio Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agēns Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- coactire Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- praegero Latin
- progero Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- coatto Italian
- réactionnaire French
- squat French
- squatter French
- squattériser French
- сквоттер Russian
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- squat Polish
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- squatten Middle English
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- esquatir Old French
- iskwat Cebuano
- iskwater Cebuano
- akta Indonesian
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- ág Old Irish
- iskuwater Tagalog
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agnus Lithuanian
- *aja- fiu-pro
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian
- rack
- react
- egest
- egesta
- asquat
- gestate
- suggest
- squatty
- squatly
- gesture
- egestive
- chastise
- digester
- egestion
- reaction
- squatter
- gestural
- squattle
- squattest
- squattage
- squatment
- squatness
- ambiguous
- gestation
- squat rack
- congestive
- cogitabund
- cybersquat
- squattiness
- websquatter
- gesturalism
- gestureless
- squattering
- gesturelike
- squattocracy
- chastisement
- gesticulation
- gesticulative
- cybersquatter
- countergesture