Where does “quizzical” come from?

Quizzical comes from English quiz, influenced by English whiz, derived from French -ique, from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

quizzical (English): Questioning or suggesting puzzlement; Strange or...

Definitions

  1. Questioning or suggesting puzzlement; Strange or...

Ancestry of “quizzical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icalUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2Middle English-ical

Words derived from “quizzical

Every word from Middle English -ical
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