qua etymology

Latin word qua comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷe-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-, and later Proto-Italic *kʷoi (Who, what (relative, indefinite).)

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Detailed word origin of qua

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kʷe- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷo- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷód, kʷod Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷís Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Who, what (interrogative). Who, which, that (relative) Which, what.
*kʷoi Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Who, what (relative, indefinite).
quei Old Latin (itc-ola) (relative) who, what, that, which (interrogative) who, what, that, which.
*kʷis Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Who, what (interrogative).
qui Latin (lat) (interrogative) who, what, which (relative) who, that, which.
qua Latin (lat)

Words with the same origin as qua

Descendants of *kʷe-
contra cuius cum cur quae quam quasi quem qui quia quibus quid quidem quin quis quo quod quoque quorum sicut tamquam ubi unde ut
Descendants of *kʷo-
qualis
Descendants of *kʷ-
quamquam quando quoniam umquam utrum