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quedan.

Warehouse receipt issued for stored commodities, especially sugar.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Warehouse receipt issued for stored commodities, especially sugar.

    Philippines
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin quiētō Vulgar Latin *quētāre Old Spanish quedar Spanish quedar Spanish quedanbor. English quedan Borrowed from Spanish quedan, ellipsis of quedan [depositadas] (“there are hereby deposited”), a phrase that appeared on the receipt. The term quedan is the third-person plural present indicative of quedar (“to remain”), from Old Spanish quedar, from Vulgar Latin *quētāre, from Late Latin quiētō, from quiētus (“quiet, calm”) + -ō (verbal suffix).

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