Where does “quão” come from?
quão (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese quan, from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
quão (Portuguese): how; as
Ancestry of “quão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | quan | — |
| 2 | Latin | quam | in what way, to what degree; how, how much, as... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷoi | who, what |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |