Quarrel Definition
- kick up a row
- make the fur fly
- have it out
- have a brush with
- have words with
- battle
- allegate
- charge
- break-with
- fall-out
- be at odds
- be at loggerheads
- scrap
- spar
- row
Origin of Quarrel
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From Middle English as "square-headed bolt for a crossbow" c.1225, from Old French quarel (modern French carreau), from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, the diminutive of Latin quadrus (“a square"), related to quattuor "four".
From Wiktionary
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Middle English quarel from Old French from Vulgar Latin quadrellus diminutive of Late Latin quadrus square from Latin quadrum kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English querele from Old French complaint from Latin querella, querēla from querī to complain kwes- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French querele (modern French querelle), itself from Latin querella (“complaint"), from queror (“I lament, I complain").
From Wiktionary
Replaced Old English sacan by 1340 as “ground for complaint".
From Wiktionary
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