Where does “utque” come from?

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

utque (Latin): as much as, even, if only, when

Definitions

  1. as much as, even, if only, when

Ancestry of “utque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
2Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Latin -que →Every word from Proto-Italic -kʷe →