question
French
noun
Definitions
- a question
- a matter or issue; a problem
Etymology
Inherited from Old French question borrowed from Latin quaestiō (inquiry, question, investigation, a seeking).
Origin
Latin
quaestiō
Gloss
inquiry, question, investigation, a seeking
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
問
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quaestio English
- quaestiō Latin
- quaestiō, quaestiōnem Latin
- quaestiō, quaestiōnem, quaestio Latin
- quaestiōnem Latin
- inquestionnable French
- questionnable French
- questionneur French
- questionneuse French
- cuestión Spanish, Castilian
- question, questioun, questiun Middle English
- question Old French
- cuestión Galician
- chestiune Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- questie Middle Dutch
- ceist Old Irish
- tchestchion Norman
- cuestión Asturian
- questiun xno
- kesyon Haitian, Haitian Creole
- chestione Sardinian