Where does “quel” come from?

quel (French) comes from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

quel (French): which; what

Definitions

  1. which; what

Ancestry of “quel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchquelwhich
2Old Frenchquelwhich
3Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

Words derived from “quel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old French quel →