Where does “inquisitif” come from?
inquisitif (Old French) comes from Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “inquisitif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inquisitivus | — |
| 2 | Latin | inquisitus | inquired into; investigated, examined |
| 3 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |