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Where does “-que” come from?

-que (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

-que (Latin): and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...

Definitions

  1. and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...

Ancestry of “-que”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
2Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “-que”

  • reciprocal
  • ubiquitous
  • reciprocity
  • ubiquity
  • reciprocally
  • reciprocate
  • ubiquitin
  • reciprocation
  • ubiquitously
  • sesquioxide
  • nonreciprocal
  • sesquiterpene
  • sesquicentennial
  • sesquipedalian
  • ubiquitousness
  • polyubiquitin
  • reciprocality
  • nonreciprocity
  • sesquiquadrate
  • sesquicentenary
  • deubiquitinating
  • reciprocator
  • reciproque
  • ubiquitinate
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