Where does “QQ” come from?
QQ (Chinese) comes from English cute, from English acūte, from French aigu, from German akut, from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus — sharp.
QQ (Chinese): very cute
Definitions
- very cute
Ancestry of “QQ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cute | Possessing physical features, behaviors,... |
| 2 | English | acūte | Brief, quick, short |
| 3 | French | aigu | sharp, pointy; acute, keen, discerning; sharp,... |
| 4 | German | akut | acute; severe |
| 5 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 6 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 7 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 8 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 9 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 10 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |