Where does “querido” come from?

querido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese querer, from Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

querido (Portuguese): dear; lovely, cute; sweetheart

Definitions

  1. dear; lovely, cute; sweetheart

Ancestry of “querido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequererto want; to wish; to desire
2Old Portuguesequererto want
3Latinquaererepresent active infinitive of quaerō;...
4LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
5Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “querido”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaero →
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