requested

The word 'requested' is built upon the verb 'request', which entered English in the 14th century from Old French requester, itself from Vulgar Latin requaesita, a noun derived from the feminine past participle of Latin requaerere meaning "to seek again, ask for". This Latin source is a compound of the intensive prefix re- ("again") and quaerere ("to ask, seek"). The core semantic thread from Latin quaerere—implying a search or inquiry—evolved through Old French into the more specific sense of a polite or formal ask. The addition of the '-ed' suffix, of Germanic origin, adapts the word to function as a finite verb tense or a participial adjective, concretizing the state of having been asked for.

Structure: re (again) + quest (ask) + ed (past/adj suffix) re: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "again, back". quest: Latin origin (from quaerere, "to ask, seek"), the core root meaning "to ask, seek". ed: Old English origin, a suffix used to form the past tense and past participle of verbs, or adjectives from verbs.