squat

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 276 words | Copyright

squat
A. (dial.) crush, flatten XIII;

B. refl. and intr. sit in a crouching attitude XV. — OF. esquatir, -ter, f. es- EX-1 + quatir press down, crouch, hide :- Rom. *coactīre, f. L. coāctus, pp. of cōgere drive or force together, f. co- + agere drive
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