enquire的词源
英文词源
- enquire
- enquire: [13] The -quire element in enquire (or inquire, as it is alternatively spelled) is etymologically related to English query and question. The word comes via Old French enquerre from *inquāerere, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin inquīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in- and quaerere ‘seek, ask’. The modern English spelling with i in the second syllable comes from a 15th-century reintroduction of the vowel of Latin inquīrere. Inquest [13] comes from the Latin verb’s past participle.
=> inquest, query, question - enquire (v.)
- alternative form of inquire, according to OED mainly used in sense of "to ask a question." Related: enquired; enquiring.
中文词源
en-, 进入，使。-quir, 询问，词源同query, question.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：enquire 词源，enquire 含义。
词根词缀： en-入,向内 + -quir-寻求 + -e
