Where does “questionnaire” come from?
Questionnaire comes from French questionnaire, derived from Latin quaestionarius, formed with the Latin suffix -arius added to quaerere, meaning to ask or seek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂-.
questionnaire (English): A form containing a list of questions; a means of...
Definitions
- A form containing a list of questions; a means of...
Ancestry of “questionnaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | questionnaire | questionnaire |
| 2 | Latin | quaestionarius | a torturer or executioner |
| 3 | Latin | quaestiōnō | — |
| 4 | Latin | quaestiō | problem |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |