## Etymology
From Old French esquatir ('to crush, flatten'), from es- (Latin ex-) + quatir ('to press down'), from Vulgar Latin *coactire, from Latin coactus ('compressed'), from cogere ('to drive together').

## AI Etymology
Squat is from Old French esquatir ('to crush, flatten'), from es- (Latin ex-) + quatir ('to press down'), from Vulgar Latin *coactire, from Latin coactus ('compressed'), from cogere ('to drive together'). Important recorded forms include esquatir (Old French), coactus (Latin), and cogere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to crouch low with bent knees, or short and thick in form. The wider family includes derived forms such as squatter and squatting.

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