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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

quis.

who?

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

pron[ˈkʷɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷis]

  1. who?

    interrogative · pronoun
    Quis custōdiet ipsōs custōdēs?

  2. what?

    interrogative · pronoun
    Quid accidit?
    Quid agis?

  3. what?

    interrogative · pronoun

  4. who?

    interrogative · pronoun
    Quis es?
    Quis es tū?

  5. which (of)? (mainly out of three or more, vs. uter "which of two?")

    interrogative · pronoun · usually

  6. why, what for?

    interrogative · pronoun

  7. anyone, a person, someone, one; anything, a thing, something

    indefinite · not-clause-initial · pronoun · usually

  8. anyone, a person, someone, one; anything, a thing, something

    indefinite · not-clause-initial · pronoun
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. See there for cognates.

det[ˈkʷɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷis]

  1. which; what

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. See there for cognates.

verb[ˈkʷiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷis]

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of queō

    active · form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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