what
UK: wɒt | US: wɑːt
Definition
pron. used to ask for information about something
pron. used to refer to something unspecified
adj. (archaic) whatever
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Etymology
Derived from Old English hwæt, meaning "what" or "why," which traces back to Proto-Germanic *hwat and Proto-Indo-European *kʷod (neuter of *kʷis). This root is shared across many Indo-European languages (e.g., Latin quod, Sanskrit kad). The word has retained its core interrogative function for millennia without morphological division.
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