Where does “cuál” come from?

cuál (Spanish) comes from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

cuál (Spanish): what; which

Definitions

  1. what; which

Ancestry of “cuál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

Words derived from “cuál”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →
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