Where does “quelle surprise” come from?

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

quelle surprise (French): what a surprise

Definitions

what a surprise

Ancestry of “quelle surprise”, step by step

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-	—

Words derived from “quelle surprise”

quelle surprise

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