Acquaint
/əˈkweɪnt/noun
To make someone familiar with something or to become familiar with it.
Did you know?Acquaint comes through Old French from Latin roots tied to “making known,” and its deeper ancestry links it to the same ancient source as English “known,” “notice,” and “science” — words all about knowledge as power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gno-
“to know”
Latin
Latin
cognoscere
“to get to know, learn, recognize”
Late Latin
Latin
accognitare
“to make known, acquaint”
Old French
Old French
acointier
“to make known to, introduce; become familiar with”
Middle English
English
acqueynten
“to make familiar with; to become familiar with”
Modern English
English
acquaint
“to make someone familiar with something or to become familiar with it”