Where does “unacquaint” come from?
unacquaint (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.
unacquaint (English): To undo acquaintance
Ancestry of “unacquaint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acquaint | To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | aqueynten | — |
| 3 | Old French | acointier | to introduce; to introduce oneself; to get to... |
| 4 | Latin | accognitāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | accognitus | acquainted with |
| 6 | Latin | cognōscō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |