Where does “enquêteur” come from?
enquêteur (French) comes from French enquêter, from French enquête, from German Enquete, from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
enquêteur (French): investigator
Definitions
- investigator
Ancestry of “enquêteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | enquêter | to investigate; to survey |
| 2 | French | enquête | inquest, investigation, examination; survey,... |
| 3 | German | Enquete | inquiry, investigation |
| 4 | Old French | enqueste | search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest |
| 5 | Latin | inquīsita | — |
| 6 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |