Where does “querela” come from?

querela (English) comes from Latin querela, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

querela (English): A complaint preferred in a court

Definitions

  1. A complaint preferred in a court

Ancestry of “querela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquerelacomplaint, grievance; illness; lament
2LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- →Every word from Latin queror →Every word from Latin querela →