Where does “querido” come from?

querido (Galician) comes from Galician querer, from Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

querido (Galician): masculine singular past participle of querer

Definitions

  1. masculine singular past participle of querer

Ancestry of “querido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianquererto desire; to want; to love, to like; to be fond...
2Old Portuguesequererto want
3Latinquaererepresent active infinitive of quaerō;...
4LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
5Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaero →