Where does “laquelle” come from?

laquelle (French) comes from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

laquelle (French): feminine singular of lequel

Definitions

feminine singular of lequel

Ancestry of “laquelle”, step by step

laquelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French là

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	là	there; here, present
2	Italian	là	there
3	Spanish	la	feminine singular definite article; the
4	Portuguese	lá	there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5	German	a	Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6	German	a-Moll	A-minor
7	Hungarian	a	the; this; that
8	French	à	to; on the, to; at
9	English	avie	emulously
10	French	envie	desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11	Latin	invidia	envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12	Latin	invidus	envious; hostile, inimical
13	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us

via French quelle

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	quelle	feminine singular of quel
2	French	quel	which; what
3	Middle French	quel	which
4	Old French	quel	which
5	Latin	quālis	of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
6	Proto-Indo-European	kʷō-	—

Every word from Old Latin -os →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin invidus →