Asking questions in a curious or investigative way; eager to learn or find out information.
From Old French 'enquerre,' derived from Latin 'inquirere' (in- + quaerere, 'to seek'). The '-ing' form shows active, ongoing curiosity. Over time it became the British spelling preference over 'inquiring.'
British English kept the 'e' in 'enquiring' while American English dropped it to 'inquiring'—a small spelling fork that happened centuries ago and still divides the English-speaking world today.
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