Where does “enquest” come from?
enquest (Middle English) comes from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
enquest (Middle English): A jury trial; a session of court with jurors in...
Definitions
- A jury trial; a session of court with jurors in...
Ancestry of “enquest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | enqueste | search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest |
| 2 | Latin | inquīsita | — |
| 3 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |