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Where does “quaere” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “quaere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
2Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “quaere”

  • query
  • querying
  • subquery
  • quaere
  • querist
  • querier
  • queryable
  • requery
  • intraquery
  • queriable
  • interquery
  • queryingly
  • queriest
  • querysome
  • Q fever
  • querieth
  • unquerying
  • quere
  • クエリ
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