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Where does “acquérir” come from?

acquérir (French) comes from Middle French acquerir, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

acquérir (French): to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to...

Definitions

  1. to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to...

Ancestry of “acquérir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchacquerirto acquire
2Old Frenchaquerreto acquire
3Latinacquīrō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acquérir”

  • acquérable
  • acquis
  • akirebla
  • akiri
  • akiraĵo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →