Where does “inquisitress” come from?
inquisitress (English) comes from English inquisitor, from Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquisitor, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
inquisitress (English): A female inquisitor
Definitions
- A female inquisitor
Ancestry of “inquisitress”, step by step
inquisitress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inquisitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inquisitor | A person who inquires, especially searchingly or... |
| 2 | Old French | inquisiteur | — |
| 3 | Latin | inquisitor | searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;... |
| 4 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |