Where does “querant” come from?
querant (Old French) comes from Latin quaerens, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
querant (Old French): present participle of querre
Definitions
- present participle of querre
Ancestry of “querant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | quaerens | seeking, looking for; asking, questioning,... |
| 2 | Latin | quaerō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |