English
questmonger
From quest + monger.
Latin quaerō ‘to ask, seek’
Latin quaesta ‘tribute, tax, inquiry, search’
Anglo-Norman queste
Middle English quest ‘a legal inquest or investigation’
English quest
Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’
Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’
Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’
Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’
English monger
Today it means
noun One who encourages petty lawsuits.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “questmonger”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / questmonger