Where does “querencia” come from?
querencia (Spanish) comes from Spanish querer, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
querencia (Spanish): an animal's lair; the bull's querencia; the...
Definitions
- an animal's lair; the bull's querencia; the...
Ancestry of “querencia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | querer | to desire, to want, to want to; to love; to be... |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
Words derived from “querencia”