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Where does “requerer” come from?

requerer (Portuguese) comes from Latin requiro, from English require, from Old French requerre, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

requerer (Portuguese): to require, need; to request

Definitions

  1. to require, need; to request

Ancestry of “requerer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrequiroI require, seek, ask for, request, need or miss
2EnglishrequireTo ask for something; to request; To demand, to...
3Old Frenchrequerreto ask; to demand, require; to search; to look...
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “requerer”

  • requerimento
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