Where does “unumquemque” come from?
unumquemque (Latin) comes from Latin unusquisque, from Latin quisque, from Latin quis, from Proto-Italic kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
unumquemque (Latin): accusative masculine singular of unusquisque
Definitions
- accusative masculine singular of unusquisque
Ancestry of “unumquemque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | unusquisque | each one; every single one |
| 2 | Latin | quisque | each one, each person; anyone |
| 3 | Latin | quis | who, what; how, why; someone, something, anyone,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷis | who, what |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |