Where does “unacquisitiveness” come from?
unacquisitiveness (English) comes from English unacquisitive, from English acquisitive, from Latin acquisitus, from Latin acquirere, from Latin acquiro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
unacquisitiveness (English): The quality of not being acquisitive
Definitions
- The quality of not being acquisitive
Ancestry of “unacquisitiveness”, step by step
unacquisitiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unacquisitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unacquisitive | Not acquisitive |
| 2 | English | acquisitive | Acquired; Able or disposed to make acquisitions;... |
| 3 | Latin | acquisitus | acquired |
| 4 | Latin | acquirere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | acquiro | I acquire or obtain; I accrue |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |