quir / quis / quest / quer
to seek, to ask
Latin · quaerere / quaesitus
Latin quaerere means to seek or ask. Inquire seeks information, acquire seeks and gets, require seeks as a need, a question asks, and a quest is a search.
Memory trick
Quir: a quiz asks a question, and a student seeks the answer.
Words from this root
- inquire (in + quire) — to seek informationपूछताछ करना
- inquiry (in + quiry) — a search for informationजाँच-पड़ताल
- acquire (ac + quire) — to seek and gainप्राप्त करना, हासिल करना
- acquisition (ac + quis + ition) — a thing gainedअधिग्रहण, प्राप्ति
- require (re + quire) — to seek as a needआवश्यकता होना
- requirement (re + quire + ment) — a thing neededआवश्यकता
- question (quest + ion) — an askingप्रश्न
- questionnaire (quest + ion + naire) — a list of questionsप्रश्नावली
- request (re + quest) — to ask forअनुरोध करना
- query (quer + y) — a questionसवाल, पूछताछ
- quest (quest) — a long searchखोज, तलाश
- conquer (con + quer) — to seek and win by forceजीतना, विजय पाना
- conquest (con + quest) — a thing won by forceविजय, जीती हुई चीज़
- exquisite (ex + quis + ite) — sought out, very fineउत्कृष्ट, नफ़ीस