Reconstruction:Latin/acquaerere
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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Latin
Etymology
From ad- + quaerere. Compare the Classical equivalent acquīrere.
Pronunciation
Verb
*acquaerere (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
Attested in Old French from 1148 (Prise d'Orange).[1]
The past participle */aˈkwist/ encouraged a shift to the fourth conjugation over time.
Derived terms
- *acquaesitum (variant past participle)
- Old French: aquest (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- Old Catalan: >? aquerre, adquerir
- Old French: aquerre, acquerir (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: aquerre, aquerir
- Occitan: aquerir
References
- “adquerir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “acquīrĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 111
- ^ “acquérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.