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Q. cesta- [þ] vb. “to seek, search for”
quest (n.)
c.1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."
Hjalmar Holm Mar 16, 2015 (12:38)
It's almost too similar.
Tamas Ferencz Mar 16, 2015 (13:07)
we can't really have words ending in -st in Q so rather something like *cestale, *cestie, but yes, this is one of those Eldarin words with a strong resemblance to a real-world counterpart.
Jenna Carpenter Mar 19, 2015 (11:19)
Tamas Ferencz Mar 19, 2015 (11:47)
+Roman Rausch has written an excellent article about it: http://www.sindanoorie.net/art/Similarities000.html
Jenna Carpenter Mar 20, 2015 (10:48)