Where does “accointer” come from?
accointer (French) comes from Middle French accointer, from Old French acointier, from Latin accognitāre, from Latin accognitus, from Latin cognōscō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accointer (French): to get to know, acquaint oneself with
Definitions
- to get to know, acquaint oneself with
Ancestry of “accointer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | accointer | to get to know; to acquaint oneself |
| 2 | Old French | acointier | to introduce; to introduce oneself; to get to... |
| 3 | Latin | accognitāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | accognitus | acquainted with |
| 5 | Latin | cognōscō | to learn, to get to know |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |