Italian

Etymology

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istae ‎(nominative feminine plural of iste).

Adjective

queste

1. feminine plural of questo

Pronoun

queste

1. feminine plural of questo

Latin

Participle

queste

1. vocative masculine singular of questus

Middle English

Noun

queste (plural questes)

1. quest
2. conquest

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French queste.

Noun

queste f (plural questes)

1. quest

Descendants

• French: quête

Old French

Etymology

From Latin quaesta, from quaesita, from quaesitus. Compare querre.

Noun

queste f ‎(oblique plural questes, nominative singular queste, nominative plural questes)

1. search; act, instance of searching

Descendants

• English: quest (borrowed)
• Middle French: queste
  • French: quête
• Middle Irish: coiste
  • Irish: coiste
  • Scottish Gaelic: coiste

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (queste)
• queste on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub