quia
Latin
conjunction
Definitions
- because, wherefore, for (as conjunction)
- (Late Latin) that
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷih₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quia English
- quid English
- nam Latin
- quianam Latin
- quid Latin
- quid ni Latin
- quidni Latin
- quod Latin
- che Italian
- quoi French
- à quia French
- qué Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- que Old French
- ce Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- que Middle French
- 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