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Where does “quere” come from?

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

Ancestry of “quere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaeresecond-person singular present active imperative...
2LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
3Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “quere”

  • query
  • querying
  • subquery
  • querist
  • querier
  • queryable
  • requery
  • intraquery
  • queriable
  • interquery
  • queryingly
  • queriest
  • unquerying
  • querysome
  • Q fever
  • querieth
  • クエリ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →