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Where does “acquisto” come from?

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

acquisto (Italian): purchase, acquisition; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. purchase, acquisition; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “acquisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianacquistareto buy or purchase; to acquire; to gain
2Vulgar Latinacquisitodative masculine singular of acquīsītus; dative...
3Latinacquisitusacquired
4Latinacquireresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinacquiroI acquire or obtain; I accrue
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acquisto”

  • teleacquisto
  • neoacquisto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →