Where does “enquête” come from?
enquête (French) comes from German Enquete, from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enquête (French): inquest, investigation, examination; survey,...
Definitions
- inquest, investigation, examination; survey,...
Ancestry of “enquête”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Enquete | inquiry, investigation |
| 2 | Old French | enqueste | search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest |
| 3 | Latin | inquīsita | — |
| 4 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “enquête”