You can picture 'question' as the open hand held out when something is not yet known — you reach toward another person (or toward the truth itself) and ask it to fill the gap. From that one gesture of reaching-into-the-unknown grow two directions: literally putting a question to someone, and figuratively leaving something open, doubtful, or still to be settled.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'quaerere' = to seek, to ask; 'quaestio' = a seeking, an inquiry. The modern senses still carry that 'seeking' — both seeking an answer from a person and seeking whether something is really true.
源自拉丁文 quaerere（尋找、探求），名詞 quaestio 即「一場探求、一次查問」。現代各義其實都還帶著這個「探求」的味道——既是向人探求一個答案，也是探求某件事到底是不是真的。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'question'
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原始詞典資料10 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。
questionnoun詞源 1/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/
- 1
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- What is your question?
- I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
- 2
A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
- The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
- There was a question of which material to use.
- 3
A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- His claim to the property has come under question.
- The story is true beyond question.
- 4
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- I move that the question be put to a vote.
- 5
archaichistoricalInterrogation by torture.
- I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question.
- 6
obsoleteTalk; conversation; speech.
- Made she no verbal question?
questionverb詞源 2/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/
- 1
To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- Yet he lingered in Perryville with the determination of seeing Ruth, and questioning her about Helen Murray's letters.
- However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
- 2
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.
- He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.
- 3
To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- 4
obsoleteTo argue; to converse; to dispute.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。