Where does “perquisizione” come from?
perquisizione (Italian) comes from Late Latin perquisitio, from Latin perquīrō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
perquisizione (Italian): search, investigation
Definitions
- search, investigation
Ancestry of “perquisizione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | perquisitio | — |
| 2 | Latin | perquīrō | to ask, inquire or search diligently |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |