aqueyntaunce

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

aqueyntance

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /aˌkwæi̯nˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈkwæi̯nta(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun[edit]

aqueyntaunce (plural aqueyntaunces)

acquaintance

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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