Where does “inquisiteur” come from?
inquisiteur (French) comes from Latin inquisitor, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inquisiteur (French): inquisitive, probing, prying; inquisitor
Definitions
- inquisitive, probing, prying; inquisitor
Ancestry of “inquisiteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inquisitor | searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;... |
| 2 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |