Where does “queste” come from?
queste (Middle French) comes from Old French 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.
queste (Middle French): quest
Definitions
- quest
Ancestry of “queste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | 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 |