quaero.
to seek, look for
Meaning & usage
to seek, look for
Quaerendo invenietis.
Quaerite Dominum.
to ask, question, seek or search for a thing, inquire, query, interrogate
Quaeritur num mors malum sit.
to strive for; endeavor; seek to obtain
to miss, lack
to desire, require, want, aim at
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. According to Nussbaum and De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *kʷaizō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”), via a se/o-present built upon an i-present form *kʷeh₂y- (“to acquire”). In this case, cognates would include Ancient Greek πέπαμαι (pépamai, “to get, acquire”), Old Prussian quoi (“I/you want”) and quāits (“desire”), Lithuanian kviẽsti (“to invite”). In some sources etymologized as being from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoys-, *kʷeys- (“to see”), but this was deemed uncertain by Schrijver in 1991. LIV accepts Szemerényi's 1960 etymology that it is a derivation of *h₂eys- (“to seek, ask”), via the form *koaiseo.
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