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Where does “requestee” come from?

requestee (English) comes from English request, from Middle English request, from Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, from Latin requīrō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

requestee (English): A person from whom something is requested

Definitions

  1. A person from whom something is requested

Ancestry of “requestee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrequestTo ask for; To ask to do something; Act of...
2Middle EnglishrequestA request or petition; a pleading or asking; What...
3Old Frenchrequesterequest; demand
4Vulgar Latinrequaesita—
5Latinrequīsīta—
6Latinrequīrō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →