Where does “nonacquirable” come from?
nonacquirable (English) comes from English acquirable, from English acquire, from French acquérir, from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
nonacquirable (English): Not acquirable; unacquirable
Definitions
- Not acquirable; unacquirable
Ancestry of “nonacquirable”, step by step
nonacquirable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acquirable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acquirable | Capable of being acquired |
| 2 | English | acquire | To get; To gain, usually by one's own exertions;... |
| 3 | French | acquérir | to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to... |
| 4 | Middle French | acquerir | to acquire |
| 5 | Old French | aquerre | to acquire |
| 6 | Latin | acquīrō | to acquire or obtain |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |