Where does “quel” come from?

quel (Middle French) comes from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

quel (Middle French): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “quel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquelwhich
2Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

Words derived from “quel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old French quel →