Where does “acquiree” come from?
Acquiree is derived from English acquire, which comes from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirere, a compound of ad- and quaerere meaning to seek or obtain.
acquiree (English): Something that is to be acquired, especially a...
Definitions
- Something that is to be acquired, especially a...
Ancestry of “acquiree”, step by step
acquiree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acquire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acquire | To get; To gain, usually by one's own exertions;... |
| 2 | French | acquérir | to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to... |
| 3 | Middle French | acquerir | to acquire |
| 4 | Old French | aquerre | to acquire |
| 5 | Latin | acquīrō | to acquire or obtain |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |