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Where does “Querulant” come from?

Querulant (German) comes from Medieval Latin querulans, from Latin querela, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

Querulant (German): querulant; grouser, griper

Definitions

  1. querulant; grouser, griper

Ancestry of “Querulant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinquerulans—
2Latinquerelacomplaint, grievance; illness; lament
3LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
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