Etymograph

English

inacquaintance

From in- + acquaintance.

Formed from in- + acquaintance

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Early Medieval Latin accognitāre

Old French acointier ‘to acquaint’

Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce

Middle English aqueyntaunce ‘Friendship, intimacy’

English acquaintance

Today it means

noun Lack of acquaintance; ignorance.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / inacquaintance