Etymology

questionnaire

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Today it means: A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey. Full definition →

French questionnaire ← Late Latin quaestiōnāriu ← Latin quaestiōnō
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  1. Latinquaerō
  2. Latinquaestiō
  3. Latinquaestiōnō
  4. Late Latinquaestiōnāriu
  5. Frenchquestionnaire
  6. English todayquestionnaire

Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“to question”) (English query).

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