Que
/kjuː/noun
A variant spelling of queue, meaning a line of people or vehicles waiting their turn.
Did you know?English “queue” ultimately comes from Latin cauda, “tail,” an image preserved in the modern meaning of a line trailing behind its leader.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European, proposed
PIE
*kawd-
“A reconstructed root associated with tail or the back end; this connection is considered uncertain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
cauda
“Tail”
Medieval Latin
Latin
cauda
“Tail or projecting end”
13th Century
Old French
queue
“Tail; later, a line or row”
17th Century
English
queue
“A line of people or vehicles waiting”
Modern English
English
que
“A variant spelling of queue”