## Meanings
1. A signal or event that tells someone to do something.
2. To give someone a signal to begin or do something.
3. A long, thin stick used to strike the ball in pool or billiards.

## Examples
- His arrival was the cue for everyone to sit down.
- The director cued the actors to enter the stage.
- He chalked his cue before taking the shot.

## Derived Forms
- autocue
- cue-to-cue
- cueable
- cuebid
- cueist
- cueless
- cueman
- cuer
- cuesport
- cuestick
- curlicue
- miscue

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cu
- Root: quadrāns
- Root: cū

## Etymology
From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.

## AI Etymology
Cue comes from Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku. The historical chain includes cu (Middle English), quadrāns (Latin), and cū (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as autocue, cue-to-cue, cueable, and cuebid. In present use it covers a signal or event that tells someone to do something, to give someone a signal to begin or do something, and a long, thin stick used to strike the ball in pool or billiards.

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