aqueyntaunce
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”); equivalent to aqueynten + -aunce.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaqueyntaunce (plural aqueyntaunces)
Descendants
edit- English: acquaintance
- Scots: acquantance, acquentance, acquaintance, akquantence
References
edit- “aqueinta(u)nce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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