Etymology

acquest

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Today it means: Acquisition; the thing gained. Full definition →

Middle English aqueste ← Old French aquest ← Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum
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  1. Latin · derived fromquaerere“seek”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*acquaesitum
  3. Old French · derived fromaquest
  4. Middle English · inherited fromaqueste
  5. English todayacquest

From Middle English aqueste (later conflating with enqueste), from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, ultimately from Latin quaerere (“seek”). Doublet of acquis.

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