Where does “acquisitive” come from?
acquisitive (English) comes from Latin acquisitus, from Latin acquirere, from Latin acquiro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
acquisitive (English): Acquired; Able or disposed to make acquisitions;...
Definitions
- Acquired; Able or disposed to make acquisitions;...
Ancestry of “acquisitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | acquisitus | acquired |
| 2 | Latin | acquirere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | acquiro | I acquire or obtain; I accrue |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |