Reconstruction:Latin/acquaerere

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈkwɛrre/

Verb

*acquaerere (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

1. obtain

Reconstruction notes

Attested in Old French from 1148 (Prise d'Orange).

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 (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 111