Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷi-”
400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — including when, quasi, cue, quid, quorum, quia, quip, whensoever.
See the etymology of kʷi- itself →
English (204)
- when
- quasi
- cue
- quid
- quorum
- quia
- quip
- whensoever
- pluperfect
- miscue
- whenas
- quasiparticle
- quasistatic
- quasiexperimental
- quasispecies
- quasiperiodic
- cuer
- curlicue
- somewhen
- quasijudicial
- quasilinear
- quasicrystal
- quasireligious
- quasistationary
- whenwe
- quasipublic
- quasigeostrophic
- quasigovernmental
- quasiclassical
- quasielastic
- autocue
- quasicrystalline
- quasimilitary
- quasiscientific
- quasiequilibrium
- anywhen
- quasicontinuous
- quasiconcave
- quasilegal
- quasichemical
- quasiconvex
- elsewhen
- quasimonochromatic
- quasigovernment
- quasineutral
- quasiharmonic
- quasistatically
- quasicontinuum
- nowhen
- quasiperiodicity
- quasihistorical
- quasigroup
- quiddle
- quasineutrality
- quasicontractual
- quasilikelihood
- quipster
- quasinormal
- quasifission
- quasidemocratic
- quasicriminal
- quasirandom
- quasiprobability
- quasilocal
- preterpluperfect
- quasioptical
- quasibound
- quasimolecular
- cuebid
- quasiballistic
- quasireversible
- quasispherical
- quippy
- quasiconformal
- quasimathematical
- quasimomentum
- quasimonopolistic
- quasimonoenergetic
- quasihyperbolic
- pluperfectly
- quasiregular
- quasihole
- quasicircular
- quasiparental
- quasihomogeneous
- quasiperiodically
- quasiparallel
- quasiuniform
- quasilattice
- quasiconcavity
- quasitriangular
- quasistellar
- quasifree
- whenness
- quasiplanar
- quasilinearity
- quasienergy
- quasistationarity
- quasimunicipal
- quasicubic
- quasidocumentary
- quasipornographic
- cueless
- quasiperfect
- quasimusical
- quasiproton
- quasisexual
- quasiperpendicular
- quasiorder
- quippery
- quasipotential
- quasimodal
- quasihydrostatic
- quasisquare
- quasimetric
- quasilinearly
- quasidominant
- quasipsychotic
- quippish
- quasisymmetric
- quasimiraculous
- quasizero
- quasilinguistic
- quasipolynomial
- cuestick
- cueist
- quasiconvexity
- quasianalytic
- quasianalytical
- quasithermodynamic
- quasiidentity
- quasineutron
- quasisolid
- quasiminimal
- quasidiagonal
- plusquamperfect
- quasipositive
- quasirelativistic
- quasimode
- quasicoherent
- quasielectron
- quasisimple
- everwhen
- quasispin
- quasinumerical
- quasireversibility
- quasielliptical
- quasilinearization
- quasidefinite
- quasiliterate
- quiddler
- quipper
- quasi-
- quasihemidemisemiquaver
- quasi-reorganization
- quasi-rent
- tu quoque
- quasi-adjective
- quasitubular
- cuesport
- quasi-contract
- quasicondensate
- quasisemantic
- quasidynamical
- quasisplit
- quasideterminant
- quasiconformally
- quasi-divinity
- quasimeromorphic
- quasienantiomer
- quasienantiomeric
- quasiferromagnet
- quasiblack
- quidlet
- quasistar
- quasi-probability
- postquasistatic
- antiquasiparticle
- quasivariety
- quasirandomised
- quasiclassic
- quasicycle
- quasidisorder
- quasicritical
- quasigluon
- quasirape
- quasitoric
- quasiboson
- quasiarchaeological
- plusquam-
- quasivacuum
- quasidominance
- quasiessential
- quasi-scientific
- autocued
- quasicondensation
- quasihelical
- quasibarrelled
- quasisatellite
- quasi-federalist
- quasi-derivative
- quasi-differentiable
- quasidifferentiable
- quasifield
Latin (51)
- quando
- quasi
- quid
- quis
- quippe
- quam
- quem
- quia
- aliquem
- aliquis
- numquam
- umquam
- quidem
- quoque
- quo
- quisque
- cuius
- quocum
- unquam
- quid ni
- quidni
- ecquis
- ne quidem
- unusquisque
- nequitia
- equidem
- aliquando
- nonnumquam
- quamdiu
- quamvis
- priusquam
- tamquam
- nequando
- quamquam
- quocumque
- quisquam
- nusquam
- praeterquam
- quispiam
- quendam
- quisnam
- unumquemque
- quolibet
- quoquam
- neutiquam
- siquis
- usquam
- quonam
- quorsum
- ecquando
- quandocumque