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Where does “quizás” come from?

quizás (Spanish) comes from Spanish quizá, from Old Spanish quiçab(e).

quizás (Spanish): maybe, perhaps; maybe, might

Definitions

  1. maybe, perhaps; maybe, might

Ancestry of “quizás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquizáperhaps, maybe
2Old Spanishquiçab(e)—
Every word from Old Spanish quiçab(e) →