Where does “quiconque” come from?
quiconque (French) comes from Old French kiqunques, from Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
quiconque (French): anyone, whoever
Ancestry of “quiconque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | kiqunques | — |
| 2 | Old French | qui | who |
| 3 | Latin | quī | — |
| 4 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 5 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |