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Uncertain. According to Nussbaum and de Vaan, from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”), via a se/o-present built upon an i-present form *kʷeh₂-i- (“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.
quaerō (present infinitive quaerere, perfect active quaesīvī または quaesiī, supine quaesītum); third conjugation
Conjugation of quaerō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | quaerō | quaeris | quaerit | quaerimus | quaeritis | quaerunt |
imperfect | quaerēbam | quaerēbās | quaerēbat | quaerēbāmus | quaerēbātis | quaerēbant | |
future | quaeram | quaerēs | quaeret | quaerēmus | quaerētis | quaerent | |
perfect | quaesīvī, quaesiī |
quaesīvistī, quaesiistī, quaesīstī1 |
quaesīvit, quaesiit, quaesīt1 |
quaesīvimus, quaesiimus, quaesīmus1 |
quaesīvistis, quaesiistis, quaesīstis1 |
quaesīvērunt, quaesīvēre, quaesiērunt, quaesiēre, quaesīrunt1 | |
pluperfect | quaesīveram, quaesieram, quaesīram1 |
quaesīverās, quaesierās, quaesīrās1 |
quaesīverat, quaesierat, quaesīrat1 |
quaesīverāmus, quaesierāmus, quaesīrāmus1 |
quaesīverātis, quaesierātis, quaesīrātis1 |
quaesīverant, quaesierant, quaesīrant1 | |
future perfect | quaesīverō, quaesierō, quaesīrō1 |
quaesīveris, quaesieris, quaesīris1 |
quaesīverit, quaesierit, quaesīrit1 |
quaesīverimus, quaesierimus, quaesīrimus1 |
quaesīveritis, quaesieritis, quaesīritis1 |
quaesīverint, quaesierint, quaesīrint1 | |
passive | present | quaeror | quaereris, quaerere |
quaeritur | quaerimur | quaeriminī | quaeruntur |
imperfect | quaerēbar | quaerēbāris, quaerēbāre |
quaerēbātur | quaerēbāmur | quaerēbāminī | quaerēbantur | |
future | quaerar | quaerēris, quaerēre |
quaerētur | quaerēmur | quaerēminī | quaerentur | |
perfect | quaesītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | quaesītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | quaesītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | quaeram | quaerās | quaerat | quaerāmus | quaerātis | quaerant |
imperfect | quaererem | quaererēs | quaereret | quaererēmus | quaererētis | quaererent | |
perfect | quaesīverim, quaesierim, quaesīrim1 |
quaesīverīs, quaesierīs, quaesīrīs1 |
quaesīverit, quaesierit, quaesīrit1 |
quaesīverīmus, quaesierīmus, quaesīrīmus1 |
quaesīverītis, quaesierītis, quaesīrītis1 |
quaesīverint, quaesierint, quaesīrint1 | |
pluperfect | quaesīvissem, quaesiissem, quaesīssem1 |
quaesīvissēs, quaesiissēs, quaesīssēs1 |
quaesīvisset, quaesiisset, quaesīsset1 |
quaesīvissēmus, quaesiissēmus, quaesīssēmus1 |
quaesīvissētis, quaesiissētis, quaesīssētis1 |
quaesīvissent, quaesiissent, quaesīssent1 | |
passive | present | quaerar | quaerāris, quaerāre |
quaerātur | quaerāmur | quaerāminī | quaerantur |
imperfect | quaererer | quaererēris, quaererēre |
quaererētur | quaererēmur | quaererēminī | quaererentur | |
perfect | quaesītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | quaesītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | quaere | — | — | quaerite | — |
future | — | quaeritō | quaeritō | — | quaeritōte | quaeruntō | |
passive | present | — | quaerere | — | — | quaeriminī | — |
future | — | quaeritor | quaeritor | — | — | quaeruntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | quaerere | quaesīvisse, quaesiisse, quaesīsse1 |
quaesītūrum esse | quaerī | quaesītum esse | quaesītum īrī | |
participles | quaerēns | — | quaesītūrus | — | quaesītus | quaerendus, quaerundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
quaerendī | quaerendō | quaerendum | quaerendō | quaesītum | quaesītū |
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.