Etymology

conquest

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Today it means: An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. Full definition →

Middle English conquest ← Old French conqueste ← Latin conquīsītus
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conquest · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinquaerō
  7. Latinconquirō
  8. Latinconquīsītus
  9. Old Frenchconqueste
  10. Middle Englishconquest
  11. English todayconquest

Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.

conquest · verb2

  1. Medieval Latinconquestō
  2. Old Frenchconquester
  3. Middle Frenchconquester
  4. Middle Englishconquesten
  5. English todayconquest

Inherited from Middle English conquesten, borrowed from Middle French conquester, from Old French conquester.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.