Where does “queue” come from?

queue (French) comes from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

queue (French): tail; queue, line; cue

Definitions

  1. tail; queue, line; cue

Ancestry of “queue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchqueu—
2Old Frenchcuetail
3Vulgar Latincodatail
4LatincaudaA tail
5Proto-Italickaudātail
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “queue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →