'Question' and 'conquer' share a root — Latin 'quaerere' (to seek). All inquiry is pursuit.
A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information; a matter requiring resolution or discussion; to ask questions of someone.
From Old French 'question,' from Latin 'quaestionem' (accusative of 'quaestio,' a seeking, inquiry, investigation, judicial examination), derived from 'quaesitus,' the past participle of 'quaerere' (to seek, to ask, to gain, to investigate). The Latin 'quaerere' is thought to trace to PIE *kweyH- (to seek, to observe keenly), though the exact reconstruction remains debated. Latin 'quaerere' alone produced an extraordinary derivative family in English: 'quest' (a seeking), 'request
In medieval Latin, 'quaestiō' could mean 'judicial torture' — the practice of 'putting someone to the question' meant extracting information through physical coercion. This usage survived into early modern English: when Shakespeare's Portia says 'The quality of mercy is not strained,' the legal context includes the 'question' (torture) that preceded confessions. The euphemism persists in the phrase 'to put to the question.'