queste

See also: quèste

Italian

Etymology

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istae (nominative feminine plural of iste).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.ste/
Rhymes: -este
Hyphenation: qué‧ste

Determiner

queste

feminine plural of questo

Pronoun

queste

feminine plural of questo

Latin

Participle

queste

vocative masculine singular of questus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman queste.

Noun

queste

Alternative form of quest

Etymology 2

From Old English *cwiss.

Noun

queste

Alternative form of quiste

Etymology 3

From Old French quester.

Verb

queste

Alternative form of questen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French queste.

Noun

queste f (plural questes)

quest

Descendants

French: quête

Old French

Etymology

From Latin quaesta, from quaesita, from quaesitus. Compare querre.

Noun

queste oblique singular, f (oblique plural questes, nominative singular queste, nominative plural questes)

search; act, instance of searching

Descendants

→ English: quest
Middle French: queste
- French: quête
→ Middle High German: queste
- German: Quest
→ Middle Irish: coiste, cúaiste
- Irish: coiste
- Scottish Gaelic: coiste

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (queste)

queste on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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