Etymology Explorer
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Where does “qual” come from?
qual (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.
Ancestry of “qual”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
quālis
of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
2
Proto-Indo-European
kʷō-
—
Words derived from “qual”
qual quer
qual
kal
qualquer
kal
kua
o qual
kal
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