inquire

Etymology

From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).

verb

  1. (intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
  2. (intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To call; to name.

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