quid
English
/kwɪd/
noun
Definitions
- The inherent nature of something.
- (US) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quid (what, that, something).
Origin
Latin
quid
Gloss
what, that, something
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- quidlet English
- quia Latin
- quid Latin
- quid ni Latin
- quidni Latin
- quod Latin
- che Italian
- quoi French
- qué Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- que Old French
- ce Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- que Old Portuguese
- tsi Aromanian
- *kʷid Proto-Italic
- tge Romansh
- que Asturian
- qué Asturian
- ce Friulian
- que Old Occitan
- ché Venetian
- cwè Walloon
- qwè Walloon
- quoi Bourguignon
- chi Sardinian
- chè Corsican