aqueyntaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aqueyntance

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”); equivalent to aqueynten +‎ -aunce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˌkwæi̯nˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈkwæi̯nta(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

aqueyntaunce (plural aqueyntaunces)

1. acquaintance

Descendants

• English: acquaintance
• Scots: acquantance, acquentance, acquaintance, akquantence

References

• “aqueinta(u)nce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.