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

1. feminine plural of questo

Pronoun

queste

1. feminine plural of questo

Latin

Participle

queste

1. vocative masculine singular of questus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman queste.

Noun

queste

1. Alternative form of quest

Etymology 2

From Old English *cwiss.

Noun

queste

1. Alternative form of quiste

Etymology 3

From Old French quester.

Verb

queste

1. Alternative form of questen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French queste.

Noun

queste f (plural questes)

1. 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)

1. 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