Etymograph

English

quoigenic

Quoigenic comes from French quoi ‘what’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷid1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷid2reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquid1
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentquoi3‘what’
  5. Englishtodayquoigenic3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French quoi
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin quid
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English quoigenic

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷidWiktionary, French quoireconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷidWiktionary, Latin quidreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquidWiktionary, French quoi
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentquoiWiktionary, English quoigenic‘what’
  5. EnglishtodayquoigenicWiktionary, English quoigenic

Formed from quoi ‘what’ + -genic ‘originated in something’

Linked words

through Latin quid

quid, quip, 3 more

Today it means

adj Of a system, having an origin that is unknown, intentionally undisclosed, or treated as irrelevant.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quoigenic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for French quoi, Latin quid. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷid / quoigenic

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