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Where does “conquaerere” come from?

conquaerere (Latin) comes from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

conquaerere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “conquaerere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaererepresent active infinitive of quaerō;...
2LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
3Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “conquaerere”

  • conquer
  • conqueror
  • conquering
  • unconquerable
  • conquerable
  • conquerer
  • unconquerably
  • conquereth
  • conqueress
  • conquerest
  • inconquerable
  • unconquering
  • unconquerableness
  • conqueringly
  • conquerableness
  • conquérir
  • conquéramment
  • conquérant
  • conquerour
  • conqueren
  • cucerire
  • cuceri
  • cuceritor
  • conquereor
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