Where does “metapesquisador” come from?
metapesquisador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pesquisador, from Portuguese pesquisa, from Spanish pesquisa, from Old Spanish pesquerir, from Old Spanish perquirir, from Latin perquirere, from Latin perquiro, from Latin quaero — to acquire.
metapesquisador (Portuguese): metasearch engine
Definitions
- metasearch engine
Ancestry of “metapesquisador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pesquisador | researcher |
| 2 | Portuguese | pesquisa | research; search |
| 3 | Spanish | pesquisa | inquiry |
| 4 | Old Spanish | pesquerir | — |
| 5 | Old Spanish | perquirir | — |
| 6 | Latin | perquirere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | perquiro | I ask, inquire or search diligently; I examine |
| 8 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |