Where does “quaestor” come from?

Quaestor comes from Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, derived from Latin quaero meaning to seek or inquire, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂-.

quaestor (English): An Ancient Roman official responsible for public...

Definitions

  1. An Ancient Roman official responsible for public...

Ancestry of “quaestor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishquestorA member of the clergy who provides forgiveness...
2Latinquaestorquaestor
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “quaestor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin quaestor →