Where does “unacquired” come from?
unacquired (English) comes from English unacquire, from English acquire, from French acquérir, from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
unacquired (English): Not acquired; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- Not acquired; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “unacquired”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unacquire | To lose or get rid of; reverse the possession or... |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |