Etymology

reacquisition

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Today it means: A second or subsequent acquisition. Full definition →

English acquisition ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishacquisition
  7. English todayreacquisition

From re- + acquisition.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.