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Where does “cuestión” come from?

cuestión (Spanish) comes from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

cuestión (Spanish): matter, question, issue; question; thing

Definitions

  1. matter, question, issue; question; thing

Ancestry of “cuestión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaestiō—
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “cuestión”

  • cuestionable
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