Where does “unacquainted” come from?

Unacquainted derives from English acquainted, which traces through Latin unus to Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unacquainted (English): Not acquainted, unfamiliar; Not usual;...

Definitions

  1. Not acquainted, unfamiliar; Not usual;...

Ancestry of “unacquainted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unacquainted”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →