English
inquirent
Inquirent comes from Latin inquirens ‘inquiring, investigating, examining’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinquirens‘inquiring, investigating, examining’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1763inquirent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinquirens‘inquiring, investigating, examining’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1763inquirent
Earliest quotation: a. 1763, William Shenstone, Economy: A Rhapsody: “As in a garden, roves, of hues alone Inquirent,…”
Every English word from Latin inquirens
Today it means
adj Making enquiry; questioning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin inquirens / inquirent