Where does “pesquisa” come from?
pesquisa (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pesquerir, from Old Spanish perquirir, from Latin perquirere, from Latin perquiro, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
pesquisa (Spanish): inquiry
Definitions
- inquiry
Ancestry of “pesquisa”, step by step
pesquisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish pesquerir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | pesquerir | — |
| 2 | Old Spanish | perquirir | — |
| 3 | Latin | perquirere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | perquiro | I ask, inquire or search diligently; I examine |
| 5 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
via Latin perquīrō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perquīrō | to ask, inquire or search diligently |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |