Where does “inquire” come from?
Inquire derives from Latin inquīrō, a compound of Latin in and Latin quaerō, which is rooted in Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."
inquire (English): To ask; To make an inquiry or an investigation;...
Definitions
- To ask; To make an inquiry or an investigation;...
Ancestry of “inquire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inquire”