English
requestman
From request + -man.
Formed from request + -man
Latin quaerō ‘to seek’
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Latin requīsītus ‘required, needed’
Vulgar Latin *requaesita
Old French requeste ‘request; demand’
Middle English request ‘a request or petition’
English request
Today it means
noun One who submits a formal request.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “requestman”. 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 / requestman