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

  1. To make an enquiry; To ask about

Ancestry of “enquire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenquerreto ask; to demand; to inquire
2Latinquaererepresent active infinitive of quaerō;...
3LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
4Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “enquire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaero →