quoi
French
pron
Definitions
- (accusative) what l
- (slang) aught, anything, something
Etymology
Derived from Latin quid (what, that, something) derived 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
- anywhat English
- elsewhat English
- everwhat English
- mostwhat English
- muchwhat English
- nighwhat English
- nowhat English
- otherwhat English
- quid English
- somewhat English
- what English
- whatchoo English
- whatever English
- whath English
- whatness English
- whatnot English
- whatsoever English
- whatth English
- you-know-what English
- quia Latin
- quid Latin
- quid ni Latin
- quidni Latin
- quod Latin
- che Italian
- qué Spanish, Castilian
- οὐτιδανός Ancient Greek
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- what Middle English
- *čьto Proto-Slavic
- que Old French
- 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
- wataim Tok Pisin
- *tši Proto-Albanian
- *ki Proto-Balto-Slavic
- cwè Walloon
- qwè Walloon
- quoi Bourguignon
- chi Sardinian
- chè Corsican
- wot Kriol