different between quo vs quho

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwo?/

Verb

quo

1. (transitive, obsolete) quoth

Ido

Etymology

From qua +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwo/, /kw?/

Pronoun

quo (plural qui)

1. (relative pronoun) which

2. (interrogative pronoun) what

   (direct question)

   (indirect question)

Related terms

• qua (“who (person)”)
• qui (“who (plural)”)
• pro quo (“why”)

See also

• ube (“where”)
• kande (“when”)
• quala (“what kind of”)
  • quale (“how”)
• quanta (“how much”)
  • quanto (“quantity”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?o?/, [k?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwo/, [kw?]

Etymology 1

Adverb declined from qu?. See also the same meanings in ub?.

Adverb

qu? (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) whither, whereto, where

2. (relative / interrogative) To or in which place, whither, where
3. To what end, for what purpose, wherefore, why
4. To the end that, in order that, so that, that

   (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)

(This replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.)

Derived terms

• qu?cumque
• qu?minus
• qu?quam
• n?n qu?
• n? qu?
• status qu?

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inflection of qu? (“who, which”).

Pronoun

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of qu?
2. ablative neuter singular of qu?

Adjective

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of qu?
2. ablative neuter singular of qu?

Etymology 3

Inflection of quis (“who?, what?”).

Pronoun

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of quis
2. ablative feminine singular of quis
3. ablative neuter singular of quis

References

• quo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Yola

Verb

quo

1. Alternative form of co

English

Pronoun

quho

1. (often Scotland) Obsolete spelling of who