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-que
"and" Conjunction suffix found only in Latin.
From Proto-Italic *-kwe 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *-kwe 'id.'
Italic:
Venetic -kve, Faliscan -cue, Umbrian -p, Oscan -pe
Indo-European:
Germanic: Gothic -h; Phrygian: -κε (ke); Balto-Slavic: Old Church Slavonic -kъ; Messapian: ke "and;" Hellenic: Mycenaean -qe, Doric Greek -κα (ka); Indo-Iranian: Sanskrit -ca, Avestan -ca; Anatolian: Hittite -kku, Palaic -ku, Lydian -k
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quedar
(Verb)
"to remain," "to stay;" "to meet up"
12th cent. From Latin quietare "to calm." Its definition evolved in the sense of "calm" to "not moving" to "remaining in place." 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).
Romance:
Western Vulgar Latin: Asturian quedar, Portuguese quedar, Galician quedar, Catalan quedar, French quitter, Italian chetare
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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).
Romance:
Western Vulgar Latin: Portuguese quedo, Italian cheto; Sardinian: chetu
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quejar
(Verb)
"to complain"
12th cent. From Vulgar Latin *quassiare 'id.,' from Latin quatere "to shake" (see cutir).
Romance:
Western Vulgar Latin: Portuguese queixar, French casser, Italian quassare
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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, ¡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.;' Indo-Iranian: Sanskrit kím "what," "what for," Young Avestan cim "because;" Tocharian: A kus "who," B kuse 'id.;' Anatolian: Hittite kui- "who," Cuneiform Luwian kui- 'id.,' Palaic kui- 'id.,' Lycian ti- 'id.,' Lydian qi- 'id.'
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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.'
Romance:
Western Vulgar Latin: Asturian querer, Portuguese querer, Galician querer, French quérir, Italian chiedere; Eastern Vulgar Latin: Aromanian tser, Romanian cere; Sardinian: chèrrere
Italic:
Oscan κϝαιστορ (kwaistor) "magistrate," Marsian qestur "magistrates"
Indo-European:
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. It is not an innovation in Spanish. The sense of want preserves a pre-Latin meaning that is not found in Classical Latin or in most Latin dialects, but is solely mirrored in Terence Latin of the 2nd cent. BCE (Penny 2002).
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querido
(Adjective)
"beloved"
19th cent. The past participle of querer.
For the origin of the name, perhaps originally a nickname - as was the case of names like Amado.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Germanic:
West Germanic: Middle Dutch coeke "cookie" (whence English cookie), Middle Low German kôke 'id.,' Old Frisian kōke 'id.'
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