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Where does “quel” come from?
quel (Old French) comes from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.
quel
(Old French): which
Definitions
which
Ancestry of “quel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
quālis
of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
2
Proto-Indo-European
kʷō-
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Words derived from “quel”
quel
quei
quel
quala
quelque
lequel
quelle
quelque chose
quale
kelka
kel
laquelle
auquel
duquel
qualeso
quellement
quelle surprise
kèk
desquels
desquelles
kelke
quelle surprise
kela
keli
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