This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: ... Synonyms ... Juliette 
Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Louis Guimbaud ... C14: from Old French 
requerre, from Vulgar Latin requaerere (unattested) to seek after, from Latin 
requrere to... [DOC] [TLE] Inquired | Define Inquired at Dictionary.com [PAR] Inquired definition, to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a 
person.