Morpheme
Quid
Type
free base
Denotation
what, thing, something, essence
Etymology
Latin quid, from quis
Evidence
quid, quidditative, quidditism, quiddity, quiddle, quiddled, quiddler, quiddles, quiddling, quidnunc, quidnuncery, quidnuncs, quidnunctious, quids
Notes
found in the phrase “quid pro quo”
Modern Base Analysis
<Quiddite> denoting “quiddity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itate, -itism
from quiddity, from Latin quidditās, from quid + -tās
quidditative, quidditism
