enqueste
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
enqueste
- Alternative form of enquest
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
enqueste f (plural enquestes)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin inquīsita, from inquīrō (“search after, enquire”).
Noun[edit]
enqueste oblique singular, f (oblique plural enquestes, nominative singular enqueste, nominative plural enquestes)
- search
- inquiry
- investigation; inquiry; inquest
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:
- Se li rois feïst or enqueste
Sor ceus qui ce font si honeste,- If the king now conducted an inquest
Into those who claim to be so honest
- If the king now conducted an inquest
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References[edit]
- Etymology and history of “enquête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.