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
- present participle of inquire; inquiry;...
Ancestry of “inquiring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | inquire | To ask; To make an inquiry or an investigation;... |
| 2 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inquiring”