Etymograph

English

cue

Cue comes from Latin cum ‘with, along with’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘next to, at, with, along’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcom
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumas cū‘with, along with’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cu
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2008cue

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘next to, at, with, along’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcom
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumas cū‘with, along with’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cu
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2008cue

Earliest quotation: 2008, John Clark Pratt, Vietnam Voices: Perspectives on the War Years: “My name is Quinn," said Quinn. "Cue-you-eye-en-en.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘next to, at, with, along’

among, gain, consideration, comply, hind, likeness, kata, limbed, 31 more

through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

conference, consider, competition, counter, consistent, concrete, con, commodity, compulsory, contra, compel, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 15 more

through Latin cum ‘with, along with’

cum, 1 more

Another origin of cue

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquandō‘when’
  2. Englishtodaycue

Another origin of cue

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂u-d-eh₂‘cleaved, separate’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEcōdavariant of cauda
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cue
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600queu
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentqueue‘tail’
  8. Englishtodaycue

Today it means

noun The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / cue

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