•squadron (formation) · a formation, now equivalent to a wing (RAF) or group (USAF), in earlier use (WWI) to a squadron · synonym of Schwadron (“formation of cavalry”)
set square, triangle (tool) · team, squad, group, side · team, set, crew, bunch, gang, shift
çekim: çoğul squadre
eş: strumento per disegnare, équipe, staff, organismo, ente, ;
köken: Deverbal from squadrare + -a. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadro, exquadrāre, from Latin ex- + quadrō, from quadrus. Compare French équerre.
köken: From French escadre, Polish eskadra, Russian эска́дра (eskádra), German Eskader. Compare Spanish escuadra, Italian squadra. Doublet of eskadrono.
16th century, from ge- (collective prefix) + Schwader. The latter is from Middle High German swader, from Italian squadra. The sense “group of birds” (16th century and thus predating aviation) is derived from the cavalry use.