Where does “enquestador” come from?
enquestador (Catalan) comes from Catalan enquestar, from Catalan enquesta, from Old Catalan enquerre, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enquestador (Catalan): pollster
Ancestry of “enquestador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | enquestar | to poll, survey |
| 2 | Catalan | enquesta | poll, survey |
| 3 | Old Catalan | enquerre | — |
| 4 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |