inquirer
/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹə/in-KWIGH-rur
/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹɚ/in-KWIGH-rur
Meaningone who inquires
Common meaning: a person who asks questions
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- quirto seek, askLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1501 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘in, into’ + ‘to seek, ask’ → inquirer
Journey through time
- Latinquaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum‘to seek, ask’
- Englishinquire‘to ask about’
- Englishformed in English from inquireinquirer‘a person who asks questions’ · today
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from inquire + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INQUIRE, p.295 · scan
Roots
- quaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum Latin “to seek, ask”
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