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Interrogate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to question someone closely and formally, especially to obtain information
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Stage 1 of 3
rogare
Latin · ancient
"to ask"
to ask, combined with inter- (between, formally)
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Stage 2 of 3
interrogare
Latin · ancient
"to ask formally, to question"
to ask formally, to question, from inter- and rogare
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Stage 3 of 3
interrogate
English · 1400s
"to question someone formally and thoroughly"
settled as the English word for questioning someone formally and thoroughly
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