Where does “querelle” come from?

querelle (Middle French) 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...

querelle (Middle French): dispute; argument

Definitions

  1. dispute; argument

Ancestry of “querelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquereledispute; argument
2Latinquerellacomplaint; lament
3LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- →Every word from Latin queror →Every word from Latin querella →