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-que "and" A conjunction suffix in Latin. Remnants survive in modern Spanish words such as así, though usually any examples have changed to the point where they are no longer recognizable descendants of -que. From Proto-Italic *-k^we 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *-k^we 'id.' Indo-European Italic Venetic -kve, Faliscan -cue, Umbrian -p, Oscan -pe Germanic Gothic -h Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic -kъ Hellenic Mycenaean -qe, Doric Greek -κα (ka) Phrygian Phrygian -κε (ke) Messapian Messapian ke "and" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit -ca, Avestan -ca de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
quedar (Verb) "to remain," "to stay;" "to meet up" 12th cent. From Latin quietare "to calm." Its definition evolved from the sense of "calm" to "not moving" to "remaining in place." Quietare is a verb formed from the passive participle quietus "peaceful," itself from the verb quiescere "to sleep." From quies "rest" (see quitar) and -escere, an inchoative verb-forming suffix (see -ecer). Indo-European Romance Asturian quedar, Portuguese quedar, Galician quedar, Catalan quedar, French quitter, Italian chetare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
quedo (Adverb, Adjective) "quietly;" "soft" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin quetus, from Latin quietus 'id.' From quiescere "to sleep," "to be peaceful." From quies "rest" (see quitar) and -escere, an inchoative verb-forming suffix (see -ecer). Indo-European Romance Portuguese quedo, Italian cheto, Sardinian chetu Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
quejar (Verb) "to complain" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin *quassiare 'id.,' from Latin quatere "to shake" (see cutir). Indo-European Romance Portuguese queixar, French casser, Italian quassare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
que, qué (Interrogative Pronoun, Conjunction) "what;" "that;" "than" 10th cent. Old Spanish que "that;" 12th cent. qué "what." Semantically the result of a collapse of Latin quid "what" and qui "who" into a single word; phonologically the word comes from quem, the accusative of qui (see quien). Also used as an interjection, such as ¡Qué casualidad! "What a coincidence!" Indo-European Celtic Old Irish cía "who," Old Welsh pui 'id.,' Old Breton pou 'id.,' Cornish pyw 'id.' Germanic Gothic ƕas "who," Old Norse hverr 'id.,' Old High German hwer 'id.,' Old Saxon hwē 'id.,' Old English hwā 'id.' (English who) Hellenic Ancient Greek τίς (tís) "who," Thessalian κις (kis) 'id.,' Mycenaean jo-qi- 'id.' Phrygian Phrygian κιν (kin) "whom" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit kím "what," "what for," Young Avestan cim "because" Tocharian A kus "who," B k_use 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
querer (Verb, Noun) "to want;" "to love;" "loving" 10th cent. From Latin quærere "to desire." From Proto-Italic *kwai-s-e/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *ku̯eh₂-i̯- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian querer, Portuguese querer, Galician querer, French quérir, Italian chiedere, Aromanian tser, Romanian cere, Sardinian chèrrere Italic Oscan κϝαιστορ (kwaistor) "magistrate," Marsian qestur "magistrates" Balto-Slavic Old Prussian quāits "desire," Lithuanian kviẽsti "to invite" Hellenic Doric πέπᾱμαι (pépamai) "to acquire" The sense of wanting is a particularly archaic feature in Spanish, a meaning that is not found in Classical Latin or in most Latin dialects. Even though wanting was once part the word's definition in very ancient Latin, it had been lost in all Latin dialects other than Terence Latin by the 2nd cent. BCE (Penny 2002). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Penny, R. J. A History of the Spanish Language. Cambridge University Press. 2002. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
querido (Adjective) "beloved" 19th cent. The past participle of querer. For the origin of the name, perhaps first given as a nickname - as was the case with similar surnames like Amado. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
Quiché m. (Noun) "K'iche' (people);" "K'iche' language" Name of one of the Mayan groups of Guatemala. Also the origin of the region in Guatemala, named after the people group. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
quiche (1) m. (Noun) (Colombia & Venezuela dialects) "Bromelia" According to RAE, the word is from the Chibcha language but no other information is profferred. No further etymology. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
quiche (2) m. (Noun) "quiche" Borrowed from French quiche 'id.,' from German Kuchen "cake" (Old High German kuohho). From Proto-Germanic *kōkan- 'id.' There are no cognates in other Indo-European branches. Indo-European Germanic Middle Dutch coeke "cookie" (whence English cookie), Middle Low German kôke 'id.,' Old Frisian kōke 'id.' Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.