Where does “querer” come from?
querer (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
querer (Galician): to desire; to want; to love, to like; to be fond...
Definitions
- to desire; to want; to love, to like; to be fond...
Ancestry of “querer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | querer | to want |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
Words derived from “querer”