acquisitive
The origin and history of acquisitive.
Etymology
Traces either to an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly to acquisite + -ive.
The origin and history of acquisitive.
Traces either to an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly to acquisite + -ive.
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