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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

  1. A woman who requests; a female requester

Ancestry of “requestress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrequesterOne who, or that which, makes a request
2EnglishrequestTo ask for; To ask to do something; Act of...
3Middle EnglishrequestA request or petition; a pleading or asking; What...
4Old Frenchrequesterequest; demand
5Vulgar Latinrequaesita—
6Latinrequīsīta—
7Latinrequīrō—
8Latinrĕ-—
9Latinprōdūcō—
10Latinprō-—
11Proto-Italic*pro-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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