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.

See the etymology of kʷis itself →

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)