Where does “quoi” come from?

quoi (French) comes from Latin quid, from Proto-Italic kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

quoi (French): what; aught, anything, something; you know, like,...

Definitions

  1. what; aught, anything, something; you know, like,...

Ancestry of “quoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquidneuter nominative/accusative singular of quis;...
2Proto-Italickʷid—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

Words derived from “quoi”

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