Where does “aquirar” come from?
aquirar (Ido) 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.
aquirar (Ido): to get through one's own exertions, to become the possessor of by purchase, by labor, etc., to acquire, win
Definitions
- to get through one's own exertions, to become the possessor of by purchase, by labor, etc., to acquire, win
Ancestry of “aquirar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acquire | To get; To gain, usually by one's own exertions;... |
| 2 | French | acquérir | to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to... |
| 3 | Middle French | acquerir | to acquire |
| 4 | Old French | aquerre | to acquire |
| 5 | Latin | acquīrō | to acquire or obtain |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |