Where does “reacquirer” come from?
reacquirer (English) comes from English reacquire, from English acquire, from French acquérir, from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
reacquirer (English): one who acquires again or reacquires
Definitions
- one who acquires again or reacquires
Ancestry of “reacquirer”, step by step
reacquirer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reacquire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reacquire | acquire again |
| 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 |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |