Where does “querulously” come from?
Querulously comes from Middle English -ly added to Latin querulosus, derived from Latin querulus (complaining), from Latin queror (to complain), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.
querulously (English): With grumbling, complaining, or whining
Definitions
- With grumbling, complaining, or whining
Ancestry of “querulously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | querulous | Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in... |
| 2 | Old French | querelos | — |
| 3 | Latin | querulōsus | querulous |
| 4 | Latin | querulus | complaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |