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queror

Pronunciation: [ˈkʷɛ.rɔr]

“queror” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to complain, lament, bewail
  2. to be indignant

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff, sigh”), in which case it is cognate with English quarrel, wheeze, Icelandic hvæsa (“to hiss”) and Sanskrit श्वसिति (śvasiti, “to puff”), Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”).

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