Where does “quoniam” come from?
quoniam (Middle English) comes from Latin quoniam, from Latin quom, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóm, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
quoniam (Middle English): The vulva
Ancestry of “quoniam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quoniam | since, forasmuch, now that |
| 2 | Latin | quom | Alternative form of cum |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóm | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |