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cueEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗cueEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗cueEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- CueEnglish · e-37683-6592
Cue, kū, n. the last words of an actor's speech serving as a hint to the next speaker: any hint: the part one has to play. [Acc. to some from Fr. queue, tail, as the ending words of the last speech; in 17th cent. written
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Cue, kū, n. a twist of hair at the back of the head: a rod used in playing billiards.—v.t. of the hair, to form in a cue. [Fr. queue—L. cauda, a tail.]
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