Where does “quefer” come from?
quefer (Catalan) comes from Catalan fer, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
quefer (Catalan): job, task
Definitions
- job, task
Ancestry of “quefer”, step by step
quefer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan fer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | fer | to make, produce; to make up; to do, to cause to... |
| 2 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Catalan què
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | què | what; that, which |
| 2 | Latin | quid | neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷid | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |