Words that come from Latin “quis”

400 words across 29 languages descend from Latin quis — including quasi, cue, quid, quorum, quia, quip, pluperfect, miscue.

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English (242)

Latin (51)

Italian (36)

Galician (13)

French (13)

Asturian (6)

Catalan (4)

Mirandese (3)

Middle French (3)

Dutch (3)

Aromanian (3)

Old Occitan (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Venetian (2)

Friulian (2)

Ido (2)

Latvian (1)

Kristang (1)

Fala (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Novial (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Hungarian (1)

Interlingua (1)

Sicilian (1)

Irish (1)

Ligurian (1)

Japanese (1)