que
Spanish
conjunction
Definitions
- that
- than
- indicating a reason, roughly because
- indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin quod (which, what), 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
- Who-athon English
- elsewho English
- everwho English
- quid English
- quod google English
- which English
- who English
- who'da English
- who've English
- whoever English
- whosoever English
- you-know-who English
- aliqui Latin
- atqui Latin
- nequam Latin
- qui bene amat, bene castigat Latin
- quia Latin
- quicum Latin
- quicumque Latin
- quid Latin
- quid ni Latin
- quidni Latin
- quilibet Latin
- quivis Latin
- quod Latin
- quodsi Latin
- quī Latin
- altroché Italian
- benché Italian
- che Italian
- checchessia Italian
- chicchessia Italian
- conciossiaché Italian
- dappoiché Italian
- dopoché Italian
- dopodiché Italian
- oltreché Italian
- piuccheperfetto Italian
- pressoché Italian
- qualche Italian
- que French
- qui French
- quoi French
- aun Spanish, Castilian
- aunque Spanish, Castilian
- con Spanish, Castilian
- conque Spanish, Castilian
- dice Spanish, Castilian
- dizque Spanish, Castilian
- por Spanish, Castilian
- porque Spanish, Castilian
- queísmo Spanish, Castilian
- qué Spanish, Castilian
- οὐτιδανός Ancient Greek
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷod Proto-Indo-European
- porque Portuguese
- que Portuguese
- ser Portuguese
- who Middle English
- *čьto Proto-Slavic
- que Old French
- qui Old French
- ke Esperanto
- ce Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- că Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- quod vide Translingual
- whois Translingual
- ke Ido
- porke Tagalog
- porket Tagalog
- që Albanian
- que Old Portuguese
- *kʷid Proto-Celtic
- cã Aromanian
- tsi Aromanian
- *kʷid Proto-Italic
- cu Romansh
- tge Romansh
- que Asturian
- qué Asturian
- ce Friulian
- que Old Occitan
- ché Venetian
- *tši Proto-Albanian
- *ki Proto-Balto-Slavic
- co Dalmatian
- ki Kabuverdianu
- kusé Kabuverdianu
- cwè Walloon
- qwè Walloon
- quoi Bourguignon
- chi Sardinian
- che Istriot
- chè Corsican
- quei Old Latin
- que Indo-Portuguese
- hu Kriol
- aŋke Rayón Zoque
- ki Kristang