Where does “enquire” come from?
Enquire comes from Old French enquerre, from Latin inquirere, from Latin quaero, with the prefix from Latin in and root from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.
enquire (English): To make an enquiry; To ask about
Definitions
- To make an enquiry; To ask about
Ancestry of “enquire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | enquerre | to ask; to demand; to inquire |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
Words derived from “enquire”