Mar 18, 2011 · "why" can be compared to an old Latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how.
Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something.
This use might be.
I don't know why, but it seems to me that Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" in that situation.
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Aug 21, 2025 · Why the voiced /z/ won out over the voiceless /s/ is not clear to me.
Modern French mostly uses /gz/, as in xénophobie, but I don't know the history of how the modern French.
