queste
See also: quèste
Italian
Etymology
From Latin (ec)cu(m) istae (nominative feminine plural of iste).
Adjective
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)
Descendants
- French: quête
Old French
Etymology
From Latin quaesta, from quaesita, from quaesitus. Compare querre.
Noun
queste f (oblique plural questes, nominative singular queste, nominative plural questes)
- search; act, instance of searching
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (queste)
- queste on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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