英语词汇acquire的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	acquire
词源	acquire [LME] This is from Latin acquirere ‘get in addition’ from ad- ‘to’ and quaerere ‘seek’. The Late Middle English spelling was acquere, the change is an example of the many words which developed new spellings around 1600 to make them look more like their Latin originals, evidence of early, if misplaced, interest in word histories.
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