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
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 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷō- | — |
Words derived from “quelle surprise”