Where does “acquittement” come from?
acquittement (French) comes from French acquitter, from Old French acquiter, from Medieval Latin acquitare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
acquittement (French): acquittal of debt, discharge, settlement;...
Definitions
- acquittal of debt, discharge, settlement;...
Ancestry of “acquittement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | acquitter | to pay; to acknowledge , to notify the receipt... |
| 2 | Old French | acquiter | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | acquitare | to settle a debt |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |