enquirer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English enquire

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English enquirer

From enquire + -er.

Noun

enquirer (plural enquirers)

1. Alternative form of inquirer.

Further reading

• “enquirer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “enquirer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.