quester

quester

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English quest
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English quester

    From quest + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

    Noun

    quester (plural questers)

    1. A person engaged in a quest.

    Anagrams

    Middle French

    Verb

    quester

    1. to search for; to look for

    Conjugation

    • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
    Conjugation of quester
    infinitive simple quester
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle1 or gerund2 simple questant
    compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
    past participle questé
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present queste questes queste questons questez questent
    imperfect questois, questoys questois, questoys questoit, questoyt questions, questyons questiez, questyez questoient, questoyent
    past historic questa questas questa questasmes questastes questerent
    future questerai, questeray questeras questera questerons questerez questeront
    conditional questerois, questeroys questerois, questeroys questeroit, questeroyt questerions, questeryons questeriez, questeryez questeroient, questeroyent
    (compound
    tenses)         		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
    past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
    future perfect future of avoir + past participle
    conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
    subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present queste questes queste questons questez questent
    imperfect questasse questasses questast questassions questassiez questassent
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — queste — questons questez —
    compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
    1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
    2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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    Descendants

    • French: quêter

    Old French

    Etymology

    From Latin quaestāre (“to search”), from quaestus.

    Verb

    quester

    1. to search for; to look for
    2. to pursue; to follow; to go after

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

        Conjugation of quester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
    simple compound
    infinitive quester avoir questé
    gerund en questant gerund of avoir + past participle
    present participle questant
    past participle questé
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu il nos vos il
    simple
    tenses     		present quest questes queste questons questez questent
    imperfect questoie, questeie, questoe, questeve questoies, questeies, questoes, questeves questoit, questeit, questot, questeve questiiens, questiens questiiez, questiez questoient, questeient, questoent, questevent
    preterite questai questas questa questames questastes questerent
    future questerai questeras questera questerons questeroiz, questereiz, questerez questeront
    conditional questeroie, questereie questeroies, questereies questeroit, questereit questeriiens, questeriens questeriiez, questeriez questeroient, questereient
    compound
    tenses     		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
    past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
    future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
    conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
    subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
    simple
    tenses     		present quest quez quest questons questez questent
    imperfect questasse questasses questast questissons, questissiens questissoiz, questissez, questissiez questassent
    compound
    tenses     		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nos vos –
    — queste — questons questez —

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