Where does “quale” come from?

quale (Ido) comes from Ido quala, from French quel, from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

quale (Ido): how, as, like

Definitions

  1. how, as, like

Ancestry of “quale”, step by step

quale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido quala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoqualawhat sort of, what kind of, what a, like
2Frenchquelwhich; what
3Middle Frenchquelwhich
4Old Frenchquelwhich
5Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

via Ido e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoeApocopic form of ed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old French quel →