Where does “querir” come from?

querir (Middle French) comes from Old French querre, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

querir (Middle French): to seek, look for

Definitions

  1. to seek, look for

Ancestry of “querir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquerreto seek; to search for
2Latinquaerōto seek, look for
3Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

Words derived from “querir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaerō →