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
enquête traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Enquete
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin inquaerere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inquaerere | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |