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
- masculine singular past participle of querer
Ancestry of “querido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | querer | to desire; to want; to love, to like; to be fond... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | querer | to want |
| 3 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 4 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |