French word squash comes from Latin evanescere, Latin quatio, English squantersquash ((obsolete) Squash (plant). [obsolete by the 1650s].)

Detailed word origin of squash

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
evanescere	Latin (lat)
quatio	Latin (lat)	I move, touch, excite, affect. I shake; agitate. I vex, harass. I wield, brandish.
squantersquash	English (eng)	(obsolete) Squash (plant). [obsolete by the 1650s].
excutio	Latin (lat)	I discard, banish.. I examine, inspect.. I shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off.
squiss	English (eng)
squash	French (fra)	(sports) (uncountable) squash. Squash court. Squash game.

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