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Where does “requérir” come from?

requérir (French) comes from Middle French requerir, from Old French requerre, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

requérir (French): to call for, to require; to request, to summon;...

Definitions

  1. to call for, to require; to request, to summon;...

Ancestry of “requérir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrequerirto require
2Old Frenchrequerreto ask; to demand, require; to search; to look...
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “requérir”

  • requête
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