Where does “quaesta” come from?

quaesta (Latin) comes from Latin quaesita, from Latin quaesitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

quaesta (Latin): tribute, tax, inquiry, search

Definitions

  1. tribute, tax, inquiry, search

Ancestry of “quaesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaesitanominative feminine singular of quaesītus;...
2Latinquaesitussought for, having been sought for; asked, having...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “quaesta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin quaesitus →