acquisition

acquisition
acquisition (n.) late 14c., "act of obtaining," from O.Fr. acquisicion (13c.) or directly from L. acquisitionem (nom. acquisitio), noun of action from pp. stem of acquirere "get in addition, accumulate," from ad- "extra" (see AD- (Cf. ad-)) + quaerere "to seek to obtain" (see QUERY (Cf. query)). Meaning "thing obtained" is from late 15c. The vowel change of -ae- to -i- in Latin is due to a Latin phonetic rule involving unaccented syllables in compounds.

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