Where does “inquīsita” come from?
inquīsita (Latin) comes from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “inquīsita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |