aqueyntaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

aqueyntance

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”); equivalent to aqueynten +‎ -aunce.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˌkwɛi̯nˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈkwɛi̯nta(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

aqueyntaunce (plural aqueyntaunces)

acquaintance

Descendants

English: acquaintance
Scots: acquantance, acquentance, acquaintance, akquantence

References

“aqueinta(u)nce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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