köken: Inherited from Old French coment (“how”). Analyzable as comme + -ment.
aile: comment allez-vous, comment vas-tu, comment ça, comment ça se fait, comment ça se peut, comment ça va, comment cela, comment c'est, comment les cannes sont, comment les zaricos
köken: Onomatopoeic. Some link it to Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”). Cognate with Spanish cháchara and French tchatche.
how (in what way, in what manner) (translated as "what" with some verbs) · how (to what extent/degree) · how (to a significant extent/degree) (used to indicate surprise, delight or horror)
eş: каким образом, насколько, сколь, когда, с тех пор как, до чего
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic како (kako), from Proto-Slavic *kako.
Como (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy) · Como (a province of Lombardy, Italy) · a number of places in the United States:
eş: tanto
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin quō Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin modō Latin quōmodo Latin cōmō̆ Old Galician-Portuguese como Portuguese como From Old Galician-Portuguese como (“how; in what way”), from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary form of quōmodo.
aile: como assim?, como não?, como por exemplo, como quê
Como (é que) se frita um ovo?
Como (é que) fizeram isto?
Já visitei vários países, como a Holanda, a Ucrânia e a Nova Zelândia.
in what manner, how · what about... (used to make a suggestion)
eş: いかに, いかが, いかん
köken: First cited to 1604 in the Portuguese work Arte da Lingoa de Iapam. The initial ど (do) may be cognate with the interrogative ど (do) seen in どれ (dore), どこ (doko), どち (dochi). Alternatively, possibly from older form だう (dau), much like the shift from かう (kau) → こう (kō, “like this, this way”), or さう (sau) → そう (sō, “like that, that way”). This shift is apparently suggested in the Arte da Lingoa de…