- inquest
[inquest 词源字典]
- inquest: see enquire
[inquest etymology, inquest origin, 英语词源] - inquest (n.)
- late 13c., an-queste "legal or judicial inquiry," from Old French enqueste "inquiry," from Vulgar Latin *inquaestia (source also of Italian inchiesta), from fem. past participle of Vulgar Latin *inquirere "inquire" (see inquire).