Where does “quaero” come from?
quaero (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
Ancestry of “quaero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |