Where does “quelle surprise” come from?

quelle surprise (English) comes from French quelle surprise, from French quelle, from French quel, from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

quelle surprise (English): What a surprise

Definitions

  1. What a surprise

Ancestry of “quelle surprise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquelle surprisewhat a surprise
2Frenchquellefeminine singular of quel
3Frenchquelwhich; what
4Middle Frenchquelwhich
5Old Frenchquelwhich
6Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-Every word from Latin quālisEvery word from Old French quel