Where does “quest” come from?
quest (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman queste, from Latin quaesta, from Latin quaesita, from Latin quaesitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
quest (Middle English): A legal inquest or investigation; a session of...
Definitions
- A legal inquest or investigation; a session of...
Ancestry of “quest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | queste | search; act, instance of searching |
| 2 | Latin | quaesta | tribute, tax, inquiry, search |
| 3 | Latin | quaesita | nominative feminine singular of quaesītus;... |
| 4 | Latin | quaesitus | sought for, having been sought for; asked, having... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |