Where does “enqueste” come from?
enqueste (Old French) comes from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
enqueste (Old French): search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest
Definitions
- search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest
Ancestry of “enqueste”, step by step
enqueste traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin inquīsita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inquīsita | — |
| 2 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Medieval Latin inquesta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | inquesta | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaesita | nominative feminine singular of quaesītus;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaesitus | sought for, having been sought for; asked, having... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Vulgar Latin inquaesita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | inquaesita | — |
| 2 | Latin | inquīrere | — |