cur

Significado (Inglés)

why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive

Conceptos

por qué

porqué

Sinónimos

quare

Traducciones

warum

pourquoi

why

perché

por que

waarom

weshalb

weswegen

γιατί

wieso

per què

niçin

διατί

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈkuːr]

Etimología (Inglés)

From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷór (“where”) (with pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare:
* Sanskrit कर्हि (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷór
* Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr
* Albanian kur (“when”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where, whither”), Armenian ուր (ur, “where”) < *kúr
* Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“where”), Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”) < Old Norse hvar < Proto-Germanic *hwar < Proto-Indo-European *kʷór, from *kʷos (“which”)
See also quirquir (“wherever(?)”).