Where does “inquiring” come from?

Inquiring comes from English inquire, from Latin inquiro meaning to seek out, from Latin quaero meaning to seek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to search or question.

inquiring (English): present participle of inquire; inquiry;...

Definitions

  1. present participle of inquire; inquiry;...

Ancestry of “inquiring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinquireTo ask; To make an inquiry or an investigation;...
2LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inquiring”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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