quis etymology

Latin word quis comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Detailed word origin of quis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kʷ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kʷey Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
quis Latin (lat) (in the neuter quid) how, why. (indefinite pronoun, alone and after si, nisi, num, ne) someone, something, anyone, anything; any. (interrogative pronoun) who, what.

Words with the same origin as quis

Descendants of *kʷ-
cuius cum qua quae quam quamquam quando quasi quem qui quia quibus quid quidem quin quo quod quoniam quoque quorum tamquam umquam unde utrum