Etymograph

English

subquest

From sub- + quest.

Formed from sub- + quest

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin quaerō ‘to ask, seek’

Latin quaesta ‘tribute, tax, inquiry, search’

Anglo-Norman queste

Middle English quest ‘a legal inquest or investigation’

English quest

Today it means

noun A secondary quest that forms part of a larger quest.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subquest”. 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.

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