Where does “inquisitor” come from?
inquisitor (Latin) comes from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inquisitor (Latin): searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;...
Definitions
- searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;...
Ancestry of “inquisitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inquisitor”