Words from this root (13)
what
A1
/wʱɔʈ/
Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
how
A1
/huː/
To what degree or extent.
who
A1
/[hu(ː)]/
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
why
A1
/wæ/
For what cause, reason, or purpose.
when
A1
/ˈwɛn/
At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
where
A1
/wɛə(ɹ)/
In, at or to what place.
which
A1
/wɪt͡ʃ/
And.
whether
B1
/ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/
Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).
whose
A1
/ˈhuːz/
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
whom
A2
/huːm/
What person or people; which person or people.
quality
A2
/ˈkwɑ.lə.ti/
of high social status
quantity
B1
/ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
quantify
B2
/ˈkwɑn.tɪˌfaɪ/
to express as a number