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Where does “nonacquisition” come from?

nonacquisition (English) comes from English acquisition, from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from Latin acquirere, from Latin acquiro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

nonacquisition (English): Absence of acquisition

Definitions

  1. Absence of acquisition

Ancestry of “nonacquisition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacquisitionThe act or process of acquiring; The thing...
2Old Frenchacquisicion—
3Latinacquisītiō—
4Latinacquireresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinacquiroI acquire or obtain; I accrue
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →