Where does “inquire” come from?

inquire (Latin) comes from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inquire (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “inquire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →