query (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[query 词源字典]
1530s, quaere "a question," from Latin quaere "ask," imperative of quaerere "to seek, look for; strive, endeavor, strive to gain; ask, require, demand;" figuratively "seek mentally, seek to learn, make inquiry," probably ultimately from PIE *kwo-, root forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (see who). Spelling Englished or altered c. 1600 by influence of inquiry.[query etymology, query origin, 英语词源]
query (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"to question," 1650s, from query (n.). Related: Queried; querying.