Where does “encuestador” come from?
encuestador (Spanish) comes from Spanish encuesta, from French enquête, from German Enquete, from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
encuestador (Spanish): pollster
Ancestry of “encuestador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | encuesta | poll; survey; inquiry; inquest |
| 2 | French | enquête | inquest, investigation, examination; survey,... |
| 3 | German | Enquete | inquiry, investigation |
| 4 | Old French | enqueste | search; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest |
| 5 | Latin | inquīsita | — |
| 6 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |