Where does “acquisitive” come from?
acquisitive (French) comes from French acquisitif, from Latin acquisitivus, from Latin acquīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
acquisitive (French): feminine singular of acquisitif
Definitions
- feminine singular of acquisitif
Ancestry of “acquisitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | acquisitif | acquisitional |
| 2 | Latin | acquisitivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | acquīrō | to acquire or obtain |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |