Where does “chi” come from?

chi (Italian) comes from Latin quis, from Proto-Italic kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

chi (Italian): who, whom; whoever; chi

Definitions

  1. who, whom; whoever; chi

Ancestry of “chi”, step by step

chi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquiswho, what; how, why; someone, something, anyone,...
2Proto-Italickʷiswho, what
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Latin chī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinchī—
2Ancient Greekχεῖchi, the name for the twenty-third letter Χ, χ of...

Words derived from “chi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷis →Every word from Latin quis →