que
Fala
conjunction
Definitions
- that connecting noun clause
- than used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese que inherited from Latin quid (what, that, something) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷid
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quid English
- quia Latin
- quid Latin
- quid ni Latin
- quidni Latin
- quod Latin
- che Italian
- quoi French
- qué Spanish, Castilian
- οὐτιδανός Ancient Greek
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- que Portuguese
- *čьto Proto-Slavic
- que Old French
- que Galician
- ce Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- que Old Portuguese
- *kʷid Proto-Celtic
- tsi Aromanian
- *kʷid Proto-Italic
- tge Romansh
- que Asturian
- qué Asturian
- ce Friulian
- que Old Occitan
- ché Venetian
- *tši Proto-Albanian
- *ki Proto-Balto-Slavic
- cwè Walloon
- qwè Walloon
- quoi Bourguignon
- chi Sardinian
- chè Corsican