Where does “requestress” come from?
requestress (English) comes from English requester, from English request, from Middle English request, from Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, from Latin requīrō, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.
requestress (English): A woman who requests; a female requester
Definitions
- A woman who requests; a female requester
Ancestry of “requestress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | requester | One who, or that which, makes a request |
| 2 | English | request | To ask for; To ask to do something; Act of... |
| 3 | Middle English | request | A request or petition; a pleading or asking; What... |
| 4 | Old French | requeste | request; demand |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | requaesita | — |
| 6 | Latin | requīsīta | — |
| 7 | Latin | requīrō | — |
| 8 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 9 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |