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

cualquiera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cuál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcuálwhat; which
2Latinquālisof what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—

via Spanish quiera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquiera

Words derived from “cualquiera”

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