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Where does “אַנקעטע” come from?

אַנקעטע (Yiddish) comes from Russian анке́та, from French enquête, from German Enquete, from Old French enqueste, from Latin inquīsita, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

אַנקעטע (Yiddish): questionnaire, form, survey

Definitions

  1. questionnaire, form, survey

Ancestry of “אַנקעטע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianанке́та—
2Frenchenquêteinquest, investigation, examination; survey,...
3GermanEnqueteinquiry, investigation
4Old Frenchenquestesearch; inquiry; investigation; inquiry; inquest
5Latininquīsita—
6LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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