Where does “querella” come from?

querella (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish querella, from Latin querella, from Latin queror, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- — to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

querella (Spanish): lawsuit; complaint

Definitions

  1. lawsuit; complaint

Ancestry of “querella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishquerellacomplaint, lament
2Latinquerellacomplaint; lament
3LatinquerorI complain, lament, I bewail; I am indignant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwes-to puff, sigh; to pant, puff, sigh; to puff; to...

Words derived from “querella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwes- →Every word from Latin queror →Every word from Latin querella →