Etymograph

English

inquirance

Inquirance comes from Middle English inquyraunce.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inquyraunce
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1526inquirance

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inquyraunce
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1526inquirance

Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “[…]the men which were ſent from Cornelius / had…”

Today it means

noun Inquiry.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English inquyraunce / inquirance