Where does “quaza” come from?
quaza (Ido) comes from French quasi, from Italian quasi, from Portuguese quase, from Spanish cuasi, from Latin quasi, from Latin quā, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque — resin, gum; to say, speak.
quaza (Ido): quasi-, sort of
Definitions
- quasi-, sort of
Ancestry of “quaza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quasi | almost, nearly |
| 2 | Italian | quasi | almost, nearly; almost; as if |
| 3 | Portuguese | quase | almost |
| 4 | Spanish | cuasi | quasi, almost |
| 5 | Latin | quasi | as if; as |
| 6 | Latin | quā | where |
| 7 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 8 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 9 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |