Where does “quejar” come from?
quejar (Spanish) comes from Latin quassiare, from Latin quassare, from Latin quasso, from Latin quatio, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
quejar (Spanish): to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to...
Definitions
- to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to...
Ancestry of “quejar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quassiare | — |
| 2 | Latin | quassare | inflection of quassō:
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| 3 | Latin | quasso | I shake repeatedly, I quake; I wave or flourish;... |
| 4 | Latin | quatio | I shake; agitate; I wield, brandish; I move,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
Words derived from “quejar”