Where does “akiri” come from?

akiri (Esperanto) comes from English acquire, from French acquérir, from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

akiri (Esperanto): to acquire; to get

Definitions

  1. to acquire; to get

Ancestry of “akiri”, step by step

akiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acquire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacquireTo get; To gain, usually by one's own exertions;...
2Frenchacquérirto acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to...
3Middle Frenchacquerirto acquire
4Old Frenchaquerreto acquire
5Latinacquīrōto acquire or obtain
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin acquirere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinacquireresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinacquiroI acquire or obtain; I accrue
3Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
4Proto-Indo-Europeanádnear”, “at; near; at; at; near

Words derived from “akiri

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-