Inquire
/ɪnˈkwaɪər/noun
To ask for information or investigate carefully.
Did you know?Inquire comes from Latin inquirere, literally “to seek into” or “search into,” which is why it still feels like probing beneath the surface for concealed truth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kʷer-
“to seek, ask”
Latin
Latin
quaerere
“to seek, ask for, search for”
Latin
Latin
inquirere
“to seek into, search into, investigate”
Old French
Old French
enquerre
“to inquire, investigate”
Middle English
English
enqueren
“to ask, seek information”
Modern English
English
inquire
“to ask for information; investigate”