enquire

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷeh₂-“to acquire”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*kʷaizeō
3. Latin · derived fromquaerere
4. Old French · derived fromenquerre
5. English todayenquire

From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).

Words from the same roots