quoy

English

Etymology

Noun

quoy (plural quoys)

(Scotland, chiefly in place names) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.

French

Pronoun

quoy

Obsolete spelling of quoi

Middle French

Alternative forms

quoi

Pronoun

quoy

what
- 1602, Laurent de Paris, Le palais d'amour divin de Jésus, et de l'âme chrestienne ou toute personne tant religieuse que séculière peut apprendre à aymer Dieu en Dieu, page 9
  A quoy pensez vous ?
  What are you thinking about?
(interjective) what? (indicates surprise or anger)

Usage notes

Like modern French quoi, chiefly used after prepositions such as à, de, comme, etc.

References

quoi on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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