Where does “exquisitus” come from?
exquisitus (Latin) comes from Latin exquiro, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
Ancestry of “exquisitus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exquiro | I seek out, search for or hunt up; I inquire into |
| 2 | Latin | quaerō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |