Where does “acquit” come from?
Acquit comes from Old French aquiter, meaning to pay a debt or discharge an obligation.
acquit (English): To declare or find innocent or not guilty; To...
Definitions
- To declare or find innocent or not guilty; To...
Ancestry of “acquit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | aquī̆ten | To give in return; to pay or repay a debt or fee |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | acquitare | to settle a debt |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |