quarrel
English
/ˈkwɒɹəl/, /ˈkwɔɹəl/
noun
Definitions
- A verbal dispute or heated argument.
- A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
- (obsolete) An earnest desire or longing.
Etymology
Derived from Old French querele derived from Latin querella (complaint).
Origin
Latin
querella
Gloss
complaint
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pick English
- pick-quarrel English
- quarreler English
- quarreller English
- quarrelous English
- quarrelsome English
- quarrelsomely English
- quarrelsomeness English
- unquarrelsome English
- conqueror Latin
- querella Latin
- querimonia Latin
- queror Latin
- querelle Italian
- querelle French
- querella Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱwes- Proto-Indo-European
- hvese Norwegian Bokmål
- forsacan Old English
- gesacan Old English
- ofsacan Old English
- sacan Old English
- wiþsacan Old English
- *उत्श्वास Sanskrit
- *উৎশ্ৱাস, *उत्श्वास Sanskrit
- श्वास Sanskrit
- querele Middle English
- whesen Middle English
- hvæsa Old Norse
- hvæse Danish
- querele Old French
- hvæsa Icelandic
- querela Galician
- chwarel Welsh
- *sakan gmw-pro
- querela Old Portuguese
- উশাহ Assamese
- શ્વાસ Gujarati
- wees Westrobothnian
- *śwāsás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀲𑀸𑀲 Sauraseni Prakrit
- சுவாசம் Tamil
- ਸਾਹ Panjabi, Punjabi
- सोस Old Marathi
- 𑘭𑘻𑘭 Old Marathi
- উশাস Old Assamese
- węsa Elfdalian
- querella Lombard
- ساہ Baluchi