"request" in seven languages

Meaningrequest

Spanish

petición

/petiˈθjon/

fem.other source · Latin PETĪTIŌNEM (learned)

Solicitud is the formal word, as on application forms.

French

demande

/dəmɑ̃d/

fem.other source · French demander, Latin DĒMANDĀRE 'to entrust'

Requête exists, but in formal and legal use.

Italian

richiesta

/riˈkjɛsta/

fem.inherited

The past participle of richiedere, used as a noun.

Portuguese

pedido

/peˈdʒidu/

masc.other source · pedir 'to ask' (Latin PETERE)

Romanian

cerere

/ˈtʃerere/

fem.other source · cere 'to ask' (Latin QUAERERE)

The long infinitive of cere, used as a noun; also a formal application.

Catalan

petició

/pətisiˈo/

fem.other source · Latin PETĪTIŌNEM (learned)

Sol·licitud is the formal word, as on forms.

English

request

/ɹɪˈkwɛst/

from Latin/French · Old French requeste

English → ItalianrequestrichiestaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REQUAERERE‘to seek again, ask for’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

French demande is a trap: it is only a polite request, while English 'demand' is exiger. Italian richiesta and English request share REQUAERERE.

English relatives: require, quest, question; petition (es)