You can picture someone leaning in to seek something out — asking in order to find out. The Latin parts are literally 'seek into': every kind of inquiry is you reaching toward information you don't yet have.
From the word’s history
Inquiry traces to Latin 'inquirere' — 'in-' (into) plus 'quaerere' (to seek, to ask). Its picture is literally seeking-into: you reach into a matter to pull information out. Every sense, from a small question to a formal investigation, is that same act of seeking to find out.
inquiry 來自拉丁文 inquirere，由 in-（往內）加 quaerere（尋、問）組成，字面就是『往裡面探求』：你伸進一件事裡，把資訊挖出來。從隨口一問到正式調查，骨子裡都是這個『探進去弄清楚』的動作。
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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inquirynoun/ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/
- 1
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
- Yet in that February there were still some flutters of song, one of which was, Hey for the Lass wi' a Tocher, written in answer to Thomson's beseeching inquiry if he was never to hear from him again.
- 2
A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
- Scientific inquiry
- Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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