English word request comes from Latin requiro (I require, seek, ask for, request, need or miss.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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requiro | Latin (lat) | I require, seek, ask for, request, need or miss. |
requisitus | Latin (lat) | |
*requæsita | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
requeste | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Request; demand. |
request | English (en) | (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.. A formal message requesting something.. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).. Condition of being sought after. (transitive) to ask somebody to do something. (transitive) to express the need or desire for. |