Words that come from Proto-Italic “kʷis”

400 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Italic kʷis — 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)