queste

See also: quèste

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwes.te/
• 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

Noun

queste

1. alternative form of quest

Etymology 2

Noun

queste

1. alternative form of quiste

Etymology 3

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

• Middle French: queste
  • French: quête
• → Middle English: quest, queste, qwest, qwhest
  • English: quest
    • → German: Quest
    • → Japanese: クエスト
    • → Korean: 퀘스트 (kweseuteu)
    • → Macedonian: квест (kvest)
    • → Portuguese: quest
    • → Russian: квест (kvest)
    • → Ukrainian: квест (kvest)
  • Scots: quest
• → Middle High German: queste
  • German: Quest
• → Middle Irish: coiste, cúaiste
  • Irish: coiste
  • Scottish Gaelic: coiste

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “queste”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “queste”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.