Latin Words From Runic Akkadian

(August 23, 2025) Akkadian qu means "thread" (noun) or "to thread" (verb). In a religious context these are the channels which direct the life powers (fertility fluids) to earth. As a question it means "how is something threaded?"

Latin Derivatives

1. Qua - means "which way, on what side, where?" This is asking "what" with a spatial context

2. Qui - means "in what way, what kind of?" This word is asking "what" with a functional context

3. Quo - means "to what extent, how far?" This is asking "what" with an expected future context." It is also used as a prepositional phrase "to the extent of, because, whereby."

By the time of Cicero (born 106 BCE in Italy, died 43 BCE) Latin starts to use Quis/Cuis meaning a generic "who" and Quid meaning a generic "what." This led to the Latin phrase quid pro quo having the literal Latin meaning of "What is similar to what-extent." (It is used today to refer to an exchange in which something is given in exchange for an equivalent return).

Latin Reference

Cassell's Latin Dictionary Latin-English, English-Latin (1977) by D.P. Simpson Harper-Collins (This continually updated dictionary has been a standard English language reference since 1854 for the Latin of the classical period (200 BCE to 100 CE).