Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “keu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “keu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “keu”

  • queue
  • queuing
  • queueing
  • deque
  • dequeue
  • requeue
  • queueless
  • queuer
  • dequeuer
  • queueable
  • nonqueuing
  • nonqueueing
  • double-ended queue
  • queue
  • qwew
  • quew
  • couwe
  • ciú
  • ciúáil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →