Where does “requerre” come from?

requerre (Old French) comes from Old French querre, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.

requerre (Old French): to ask; to demand, require; to search; to look...

Definitions

  1. to ask; to demand, require; to search; to look...

Ancestry of “requerre”, step by step

requerre traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French querre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquerreto seek; to search for
2Latinquaerōto seek, look for
3Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire

via Latin requīrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrequīrōto look after, seek or search for; seek to know, ask or inquire after

via Latin requīrere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrequīrere—

Words derived from “requerre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō →Every word from Latin quaerō →