English
acquisitive
Acquisitive comes from Latin acquisītus ‘acquired, gained’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquisītus‘acquired, gained’
- Englishtodayacquisitive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacquisītus‘acquired, gained’
- Englishtodayacquisitive
Formed from acquisite + -ive
Latin quaerō ‘to seek’
Latin acquīrō ‘to acquire or obtain’
Latin acquisītus ‘gained, acquired’
English acquisite
Every English word from Latin acquisītus
Today it means
adj Acquired.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin acquisītus / acquisitive