Where does “foreacquaint” come from?
foreacquaint (English) comes from English acquaint, from Middle English aqueynten, from Old French acointier, from Latin accognitāre, from Latin accognitus, from Latin cognōscō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
foreacquaint (English): To make familiar (with something) in advance
Definitions
- To make familiar (with something) in advance
Ancestry of “foreacquaint”, step by step
foreacquaint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acquaint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acquaint | To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | aqueynten | To introduce or present oneself |
| 3 | Old French | acointier | to introduce; to introduce oneself; to get to... |
| 4 | Latin | accognitāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | accognitus | acquainted with |
| 6 | Latin | cognōscō | to learn, to get to know |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English Fore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 2 | German | Fahr | — |
| 3 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 4 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 6 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |