require

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 428 words | Copyright

require XIV. ME. requere, require — OF. requer-, requier-, stem of requere (now refash. requérir):- Rom. *requærere, for L. requīrere, f. RE- + quærere seek, ask. Assim. to the L. form.
So requisite adj. XV; sb. XVII. — L. requisītus, pp. of requīrere. requisition sb. XVI. — (O)F. or L.; hence vb. XIX. requite XVI. f. RE- + quite, var. of QUIT2; hence requital (-AL2) XVI.

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