Where does “conquerre” come from?
conquerre (Old French) comes from Latin conquaerere, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
conquerre (Old French): to conquer; to defeat
Definitions
- to conquer; to defeat
Ancestry of “conquerre”, step by step
conquerre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin conquaerere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | conquaerere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
via Latin conquaerō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | conquaerō | — |