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Where does “acquiescere” come from?

acquiescere (Italian) comes from Latin acquiesco, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

acquiescere (Italian): to resign oneself

Definitions

  1. to resign oneself

Ancestry of “acquiescere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinacquiescoI repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find...
2LatinAd—
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—
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