Where does “o qual” come from?

o qual (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese qual, from Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

o qual (Portuguese): which; whom relative pronoun

Definitions

  1. which; whom relative pronoun

Ancestry of “o qual”, step by step

o qual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese qual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequalwhich
2Old Portuguesequal—
3Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

via Portuguese O

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseO—
2Old Portugueseothe
3Latinilloablative masculine singular of ille; ablative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Old Portuguese qual →