Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷeh₂-”
400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — including question, questions, require, request, inquiry, requirement, acquisition, acquire.
See the etymology of kʷeh₂- itself →
English (178)
- question
- questions
- require
- request
- inquiry
- requirement
- acquisition
- acquire
- query
- conquest
- quest
- questioning
- exquisite
- inquire
- requisite
- conquer
- questionnaire
- questionable
- inquiring
- unquestionably
- conqueror
- prerequisite
- conquering
- exquisitely
- inquisitive
- enquire
- unquestionable
- inquest
- inquisition
- inquiringly
- inquirer
- unconquerable
- questioner
- querying
- unquestioning
- acquirer
- questioningly
- acquirement
- inquisitorial
- inquisitor
- disquisition
- questing
- inquisitiveness
- unquestioningly
- inquisitively
- subquery
- requester
- enquirer
- acquiree
- conquistador
- requestor
- quaestor
- requireth
- exquisiteness
- questionably
- quaestio
- reacquisition
- reacquire
- querida
- quaere
- querist
- questionless
- acquirable
- requirest
- preconquest
- quaestorship
- conquerable
- quester
- acquisitional
- conquerer
- inquisitional
- querier
- uninquiring
- postconquest
- unconquerably
- quaesitum
- acquireth
- inquirendo
- queryable
- subquestion
- requestive
- questionability
- questionableness
- questioneth
- uninquisitive
- querencia
- conquereth
- conqueress
- counterquestion
- requery
- nonquestion
- questionary
- inquisitorially
- conquerest
- questionest
- inconquerable
- requisitely
- nonacquisition
- inquirable
- postquestionnaire
- requestee
- questionist
- unconquering
- prequestionnaire
- unconquerableness
- intraquery
- questingly
- requisiteness
- corequisite
- enquireth
- queriable
- interquery
- conquistadorial
- conqueringly
- nonquestioning
- disquisitional
- unquestionableness
- acquirability
- anticonquest
- questionee
- requestion
- queryingly
- coinquiry
- enquirest
- unacquirable
- reacquirement
- overinquisitive
- midquestion
- inquisitress
- requirable
- nonrequirement
- reacquirer
- prerequire
- requirer
- subrequest
- noninquisitive
- deacquisition
- acquisitionally
- queriest
- acquirest
- questless
- questful
- requestable
- questlike
- disquisitionary
- uninquisitively
- uninquisitiveness
- conquire
- perquire
- overexquisite
- acquiry
- coinquirer
- conquerableness
- inquirent
- inquisitrix
- questman
- requestress
- Q fever
- cross-question
- sidequest
- unquæstionable
- inquestionable
- questmonger
- subquest
- wife-beating question
- unquerying
- querieth
- inquisitionally
- questionful
- questward
- questline
- macroacquisition
- unacquire
- inquisitee
- querysome
- requirability
- multirequest
- questionlessly
Latin (74)
- acquirere
- quaero
- acquisitio
- conquaerere
- quaesita
- inquirens
- inquisitio
- inquisitivus
- inquisitus
- inquirere
- inquire
- quaestor
- quaere
- quaesta
- quaerere
- quaestionem
- quaestio
- quaestionarius
- requisita
- requisitus
- conquisitus
- quaestus
- inquisitor
- requiro
- quaesitus
- quaerens
- perquiro
- inquiro
- conquiro
- quaerito
- exquiro
- acquiro
- quaerendus
- conquirens
- requirens
- quaesitor
- disquiro
- exquirens
- exquirendus
- inquisiturus
- perquirens
- acquirendus
- inquirendus
- requirendus
- exquisitus
- conquisiturus
- conquirendus
- disquirens
- disquirendus
- acquirens
- acquisiturus
- acquisitus
- quaesiturus
- perquisiturus
- perquisitus
- perquirendus
- acquaerio
- conquaerens
- conquaesiturus
- conquaesitus
- conquaerendus
- quaeritans
- quaeritaturus
- quaeritatus
- quaeritandus
- requisiturus
- exquisiturus
- quaesitum
- perquisite
- exquisite
- inquirendo
- quaeritate
- perquire
- disquisitio
French (32)
- questionnaire
- requérir
- acquisition
- question
- enquête
- quis
- inquisition
- conquistador
- requête
- quête
- perquisition
- quérir
- enquêter
- quérant
- enquêteur
- perquisitionner
- quêter
- quêteur
- questionneur
- questionneuse
- quêteux
- conquérant
- acquisitif
- acquisitivement
- conquéramment
- questionnable
- inquestionnable
- acquérir
- acquérable
- acquisitive
- acquis
- questions