Where does “querela” come from?

querela (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese querela, from Latin querella, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

querela (Portuguese): quarrel

Definitions

  1. quarrel

Ancestry of “querela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequerela—
2Latinquerellacomplaint; lament
3LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- →Every word from Latin queror →Every word from Latin querella →