Where does “inquesta” come from?

inquesta (Medieval 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.

Ancestry of “inquesta”, 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 “inquesta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →