Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “queu” come from?

queu (Middle French) comes from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

Ancestry of “queu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcuetail
2Vulgar Latincodatail
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “queu”

  • enqueue
  • enqueuer
  • quéquette
  • queue
  • magnétoqueue
  • queuter
  • queutard
  • hochequeue
  • keu
  • kö
  • köa
  • lake
  • lake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →