The root question in words like inquisitive and inquire is "inquiry," which means to seek information or investigate something. These words relate to the act of asking questions or being curious about something.
The root word for "curious" is "curiosus," which is a Latin word meaning "inquisitive" or "careful."
"Question" comes from the Latin word quaestio, which is from the verb quaerere "to seek".
The word "inquisitive" has four morphemes: in- (prefix meaning 'not'), -quis- (root morpheme), -itive (suffix forming an adjective from a verb base), and -e (suffix indicating the word form is an adjective).
Its from the verb σκέπτομαι or σκέφτομαι meaning ''thinking''.
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The root word for "curious" is "curiosus," which is a Latin word meaning "inquisitive" or "careful."
"Question" comes from the Latin word quaestio, which is from the verb quaerere "to seek".
inquisit
The word "inquisitive" has four morphemes: in- (prefix meaning 'not'), -quis- (root morpheme), -itive (suffix forming an adjective from a verb base), and -e (suffix indicating the word form is an adjective).
Questo is Latin for "I ask". The root is "Quest-"
Its from the verb σκέπτομαι or σκέφτομαι meaning ''thinking''.
Inquire
Yes. Curious is a root word and cannot be broken down into a more basic form. Some of its non-root-word forms include curiously, incurious, curiousness, curiouser and curiosity.The word comes from the Latin curiosus and is related to Latin cura, "to care."
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That question was on my homework
The root word of "prying" is "pry," which means to inquire into or look closely at something inquisitively or impertinently.
The word is a correct spelling, but probably not the intended word.The word curios is the plural noun (of curio) meaning rare or novel items.The adjective from the same root is curious (inquisitive, or unusual).Curio derives from the noun curiosity.