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Where does “encuesta” come from?

encuesta (Spanish) comes from French enquête, from German Enquete, from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

encuesta (Spanish): poll; survey; inquiry; inquest

Definitions

  1. poll; survey; inquiry; inquest

Ancestry of “encuesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenquêteinquest, investigation, examination; survey,...
2GermanEnqueteinquiry, investigation
3Old Frenchenquestesearch; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest
4Latininquīsita—
5LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encuesta”

  • encuestador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →