Where does “cualquier” come from?

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

cualquier (Spanish): Apocopic form of cualquiera; any; whatever;...

Definitions

  1. Apocopic form of cualquiera; any; whatever;...

Ancestry of “cualquier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcualquieraanyone, whoever, whomever; any, whatever,...
2Spanishcuálwhat; which
3Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷō- →Every word from Latin quālis →Every word from Spanish cuál →