quem
Portuguese
/kɐ̃j̃/, /kẽj̃/
pron
Definitions
- (interrogative) who; whom which person?
- (relative) who; whom the person who
- (indefinite) those who; person who; anyone who
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese quen inherited from Latin quem.
Origin
Latin
quem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- have English
- *quene Latin
- quem Latin
- quem, quĕm Latin
- quien Spanish, Castilian
- gente Portuguese
- haver Portuguese
- que Catalan, Valencian
- aver Old Portuguese
- quen Old Portuguese
- que Occitan
- ken Papiamentu
- kende Papiamentu
- ki ora Papiamentu
- ci Dalmatian
- ken Kabuverdianu
- kenha Kabuverdianu
- ki óra Kabuverdianu
- quei Old Latin