Requeste

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. Sought or asked for something from another person or authority
2. Appealed for or made an appeal requesting something to be provided or done
3. Expressed a desire or need for something to be given, supplied, or granted

Etymology: "Requeste" is simply an older spelling of "request," preserved from the Middle English period when English spelling had not yet settled. The noun traces back to Latin "requīrere," meaning "to require, ask for," built from "re-" (back, again) and "quaerere" (to seek). Its past participle "requīsītus" (sought again, demanded) passed into Vulgar Latin as "*requaesita," then into Old French as "requeste," which English adopted in the Middle Ages. The Latin root "quaerere" is also the source of "question," "query," and "inquire," so "request" shares its core idea of seeking with a whole family of common English words. The Latin verb's "re-" prefix gives the sense of asking again or insisting, which hints at the earlier, more forceful nuance of demanding something back.