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Where does “parquoy” come from?

parquoy (Middle French) comes from Old French por quoi — why.

parquoy (Middle French): why

Definitions

  1. why

Ancestry of “parquoy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpor quoiwhy

Words derived from “parquoy”

  • pourquoi
  • pk
Every word from Old French por quoi →