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quest

/kˈwest/KWEST
/kˈwɛst/KWEST

Meaninga seeking

Common meaning: a long search

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KI‘search’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 71, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinquaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum‘to seek, ask’
  3. Frenchqueste
  4. Middle Englishquestesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto seek, ask → a long searchquest‘a long search’ · today

quest also in: questionacquireconquerinquirerequire

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin quaerō ‘to seek, ask’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry quaerō, p. 1501 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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