request
Middle English
/rɛˈkwɛst(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
- (Late ME) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
- (Late ME) A adventure or heroic journey.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French requeste derived from Latin *requaesita affix from Middle English quest.
Origin
Middle English
quest
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- multirequest English
- quest English
- request English
- requestable English
- requestee English
- requester English
- requestive English
- requestman English
- requestor English
- subrequest English
- *requaesita Latin
- requīsīta Latin
- リクエスト Japanese
- enquest Middle English
- quest Middle English
- questes Middle English
- questioun Middle English
- requeste Old French
- queste xno