Etymology of the English word inquiring
the English word inquiring
derived from the English word inquire
derived from the Latin word inquirere (examine, investigate, scrutinize)
derived from the Latin word quaerere (to ask; search for, seek, strive for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kwer- (to do)
derived from the Latin word in-
derived from the Old French word enquerre
derived from the Late Latin root *inquaerere
using the English suffix -ing