Where does “queri” come from?

queri (Champenois) comes from Old French querre, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

queri (Champenois): to seek, to search

Definitions

  1. to seek, to search

Ancestry of “queri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquerreto seek; to search for
2Latinquaerōto seek, look for
3Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaerō →