## Meanings
1. A question or request for information.
2. An official investigation into something.
3. The act of searching for truth or knowledge; research.

## Examples
- We received several inquiries about the new course.
- The government ordered an inquiry into the disaster.
- Scientific inquiry depends on careful observation.

## Derived Forms
- coinquiry

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: enquery
- Root: inquīrō
- Root: *kʷaizeō
- Root: *kʷeh₂-

## Etymology
From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.

## AI Etymology
Inquiry comes from Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

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