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Where does “requerir” come from?

requerir (Middle French) comes from Old French requerre, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

requerir (Middle French): to require

Definitions

  1. to require

Ancestry of “requerir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrequerreto ask; to demand, require; to search; to look...
2Old Frenchre-re-
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “requerir”

  • requérir
  • requête
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