demander.
to ask
Meaning & usage
to ask
demander autour de soi
J'ai demandé à la lune et le soleil ne le sait pas.
to request
to wonder
Elle s'est demandé ce qu'elle devait faire.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin demandāre Old French demander Middle French demander French demander Inherited from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demandāre.
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