Latin imperative of quaerere "to ask, inquire" (see query (v.)). Hence "one may ask" (1530s) as an introduction to a question.
quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplex
quadruplicate
quadruplication
quaere
quaff
quag
quagga
quagmire
quahog
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