> Though this does beg the question....
You are raising the question, not begging it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/beg-the-questi...
You are raising the question, not begging it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/beg-the-questi...
This progression is likely due to the fact that people raise questions much more often than they beg questions. Once the phrase started being used in the former sense, it was bound to overtake the latter.
> Begging the question means "to elicit a specific question as a reaction or response," and can often be replaced with "a question that begs to be answered."