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Where does “acquistare” come from?

acquistare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin acquisito, from Latin acquisitus, from Latin acquirere, from Latin acquiro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

acquistare (Italian): to buy or purchase; to acquire; to gain

Definitions

  1. to buy or purchase; to acquire; to gain

Ancestry of “acquistare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinacquisitodative masculine singular of acquīsītus; dative...
2Latinacquisitusacquired
3Latinacquireresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinacquiroI acquire or obtain; I accrue
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acquistare”

  • acquistabile
  • neoacquisto
  • acquisto
  • riacquistare
  • riacquistabile
  • teleacquisto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →