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Where does “cualquiera” come from?

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

cualquiera (Spanish): anyone, whoever, whomever; any, whatever,...

Definitions

  1. anyone, whoever, whomever; any, whatever,...

Ancestry of “cualquiera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuálwhat ; which, which one
2Latinquālis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

Words derived from “cualquiera”

  • cualquier
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