Where does “querulant” come from?
querulant (English) comes from Medieval Latin querulans, from Latin querela, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
querulant (English): One who has obsessive feelings of having been...
Definitions
- One who has obsessive feelings of having been...
Ancestry of “querulant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | querulans | — |
| 2 | Latin | querela | complaint, grievance; illness; lament |
| 3 | Latin | queror | I complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwes- | to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to... |