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Where does “acquirable” come from?

acquirable (English) comes from English acquire, from French acquérir, from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

acquirable (English): Capable of being acquired

Definitions

  1. Capable of being acquired

Ancestry of “acquirable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacquireTo get; To gain, usually by one's own exertions;...
2Frenchacquérirto acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to...
3Middle Frenchacquerirto acquire
4Old Frenchaquerreto acquire
5Latinacquīrō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acquirable”

  • unacquirable
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