Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. · A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story. · The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit. · A request; a desire; a solicitation.
From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerō (“to ask, seek”). Doublet of question.
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