
English word quest comes from Latin quaesitus (Investigation. Seeking, searching.)
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quaesitus (Latin)
Investigation. Seeking, searching.
queste (Old French)
Search; act, instance of searching.
queste (Anglo-Norman)
quest (English)
(obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.. (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.. (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit. (entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.. To search [...]