English
acquisite
Acquisite comes from Latin acquisītus ‘gained, acquired’, and goes back to quaerō ‘to seek’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaerō1‘to seek’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquīrō2as acquirere‘to acquire or obtain’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquisītus2‘gained, acquired’
- Englishtodayacquisite2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin acquiro
- 2 Wiktionary, English acquisite
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaerōWiktionary, Latin acquiro‘to seek’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquīrōWiktionary, English acquisiteas acquirere‘to acquire or obtain’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquisītusWiktionary, English acquisite‘gained, acquired’
- EnglishtodayacquisiteWiktionary, English acquisite
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- ‘to acquire’
through Proto-Italic *kʷaizō
conquest, questionnaire, 10 more
through Latin quaerō ‘to seek’
quest, inquiry, conquer, query, enquiry, inquire, exquisite, inquisition, requisite, inquisitor, 12 more
Today it means
adj acquired
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “acquisite”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin acquiro. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin quaerō / acquisite