Queue
/kjuː/noun
A line of people or things waiting their turn.
Did you know?English got queue from French queue, meaning “tail,” and that French word ultimately traces back to Latin coda, which also gave us code and chord.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
coda
“tail”
Old French
Old French
queue
“tail”
16th Century
French/English
queue
“a tail or pigtail; later a line of people”
18th Century
English
queue
“a line of people waiting their turn”
Modern English
English
queue
“a line of people or things waiting their turn”