English word acquire comes from Latin quaerere, Latin ad ((direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.), Latin ad- (To.)

Detailed word origin of acquire

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
quaerere	Latin (lat)
ad	Latin (lat)	(direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.
ad-	Latin (lat)	To.
acquiro	Latin (lat)	I accrue. I acquire or obtain.
*acquaero	Vulgar Latin (la-vul)
*acquaerio	Latin (lat)	(Vulgar Latin) I acquire.
aquerre	Old French (fro)	To acquire.
acqueren	Middle English (enm)	To acquire (obtain in addition).
acquire	English (eng)	(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.. (medicine) To contract.. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own. (transitive) To get.

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