inquire的词源

英文词源

inquire (v.)

late 13c., from Old French enquerre "ask, inquire about" (Modern French enquérir), from Vulgar Latin *inquaerere, from Latin in- "into" (see in- (2)) + quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)). Respelled 14c. on Latin model, but half-Latinized enquire still persists. Related: Inquired; inquiring; inquiringly.

中文词源

inquire：查询，询问

in-,进入，使，-quir,问询，寻求，词源同query,question.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：inquire 词源，inquire 含义。

inquire：询问，打听；调查，查询 

词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -quir-寻求 + -e