inquiry
要点質問、調査
意味
- (…についての)質問,問い合わせ《+about+名》
- (…の)調査,研究《+into(about, on)+名》
例文
This subject is outside the scope of our inquiry.
この問題は我々の調査の範囲外である。
The office was besieged by anxious inquiries.
会社は心配の問い合わせでてんやわんやだった。
He gave an expeditious answer to an inquiry.
彼は質問に即答した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.