Where does “querele” come from?
querele (Middle English) comes 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...
querele (Middle English): altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed...
Definitions
- altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed...
Ancestry of “querele”, step by step
querele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French querele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | querele | dispute; argument |
| 2 | Latin | querella | complaint; lament |
| 3 | Latin | queror | I complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwes- | to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to... |
via Anglo-Norman querele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | querele | dispute; argument |