Where does “queueing” come from?

Queueing derives from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda meaning tail, tracing back through Proto-Italic kaudā to Proto-Indo-European keh₂u-d-eh₂.

queueing (English): present participle of queue; The act of placing...

Definitions

  1. present participle of queue; The act of placing...

Ancestry of “queueing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishqueueAn animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or...
2Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
3Middle Frenchqueu
4Old Frenchcuetail
5Vulgar Latincodatail
6LatincaudaA tail
7Proto-Italickaudātail
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

Words derived from “queueing

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic kaudāEvery word from Latin cauda
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