Originally Posted by
Eugeniusz Bodo
Q followed by U indicates Latin root of all the words in question, it is in fact iron clad rule of ancient Latin. Latin used to be a part of regular high-school curriculum in Europe until WWII. and an absolute standard among educated people those days. I dare to say it also worked better than twitter, idiots have been precluded from participating!

...quod erat demonstrandum...
(as a former advocate for retaining latin in UK high schools in the late 1980s...and someone who needed to do a latin scholarship entrance exam to study science at my university)