Where does “inquisitor” come from?
Inquisitor comes from Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquisitor, derived from Latin inquiro, ultimately tracing through Latin quaero and Latin in to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to seek or ask.
inquisitor (English): A person who inquires, especially searchingly or...
Definitions
- A person who inquires, especially searchingly or...
Ancestry of “inquisitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | inquisiteur | — |
| 2 | Latin | inquisitor | searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;... |
| 3 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |