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