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Where does “enquerre” come from?

enquerre (Middle French) comes from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enquerre (Middle French): to ask; to demand; to inquire

Definitions

  1. to ask; to demand; to inquire

Ancestry of “enquerre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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