Where does “querelle” come from?

querelle (Italian) comes from French querelle, from Old French querele, from Latin querella, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

querelle (Italian): controversy, quarrel, argument

Definitions

  1. controversy, quarrel, argument

Ancestry of “querelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquerellequarrel, argument; first-person singular present...
2Old Frenchquereledispute; argument
3Latinquerellacomplaint; lament
4LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- →Every word from Latin queror →Every word from Latin querella →