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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

  1. metasearch engine

Ancestry of “metapesquisador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepesquisadorresearcher
2Portuguesepesquisaresearch; search
3Spanishpesquisainquiry
4Old Spanishpesquerir—
5Old Spanishperquirir—
6Latinperquireresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinperquiroI ask, inquire or search diligently; I examine
8LatinquaeroI seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,...
9Proto-Italickʷaizeō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂-to acquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- →