Where does “querella” come from?
querella (French) comes from French quereller, from French querelle, from Old French querele, from Latin querella, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
querella (French): third-person singular past historic of quereller
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of quereller
Ancestry of “querella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | quereller | to quarrel, to squabble |
| 2 | French | querelle | quarrel, argument; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | querele | dispute; argument |
| 4 | Latin | querella | complaint; lament |
| 5 | Latin | queror | I complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwes- | to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to... |