Proto-Indo-European

*kʷeh₂-

‘to acquire’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-, most familiar first.

• question ← questioun ← questiun ← quaestiōnem ← quaestiō
• quest ← queste ← quaesta ← quaerō ← *kʷaizō
• acquisition ← acquisicion ← acquisītiō ← acquīrō ← quaerō
• inquiry ← enquery ← inquīrō ← quaerō ← *kʷaizeō
• conquest ← conqueste ← conquīsītus ← conquirō ← quaerō
• conquer ← conqueren ← conquerre ← conquaerere ← quaerō
• query ← quaere ← quaerō ← *kʷaizō
• exquisite ← exquīsītus ← exquīrō ← quaerō ← *kʷaizō
• questionnaire ← quaestiōnārius ← quaestiōnō ← quaestiō ← quaerō
• enquiry ← enquery ← inquīrō ← quaerō ← *kʷaizeō
• inquire ← inquīrō ← quaerō ← *kʷaizeō
• inquisition ← inquisicion ← inquisitio ← inquīrō ← quaerō

More words from *kʷeh₂-

• requisite
• enquire
• inquisitor
• disquisition
• quaestor
• querent
• acquisite
• conquire
• exquire
• quaere
• querencia
• questionary
• quaesitum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-