I would like to know how the word "Question" came to be!.
2006-11-04 01:29:29 · 5 answers · asked by First L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It comes from the Latin verb "quaere", which means to seek, to look for and which produced the noun "quaestio", meaning "question". So in asking a question, we are looking for something. An answer or a solution!
2006-11-04 03:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quest means search, right? Many English nouns are formed this way. Search for the answer and good luck.
2006-11-04 09:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by custers_nemesis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
question (n.)
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. questiun, O.Fr. question "legal inquest," from L. quæstionem (nom. quæstio) "a seeking, inquiry," from root of quærere (pp. quæsitus) "ask, seek." The verb is first recorded 1470, from O.Fr. questionner (13c.). Question mark is from 1869, earlier question stop (1862). Depreciatory sense of questionable is attested from 1806.
2006-11-04 09:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by Brownie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't understand.
2006-11-05 06:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by pugsley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be, or not to be ? that is the question.
2006-11-04 09:31:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋