Where does “quisnam” come from?
quisnam (Latin) comes from Latin quis, from Proto-Italic kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
quisnam (Latin): who, which, what?
Ancestry of “quisnam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quis | who, what; how, why; someone, something, anyone,... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kʷis | who, what |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |