acquire

• 手に入れる；獲得する；学ぶ；捕らえる

接頭辞ac-はad-「行く」と同じ。quir（追求する）という語根は、question（尋ねる、質問する）と同じである。

acquire

acquire: [15] The original source of acquire, Latin acquīrere, meant literally ‘get something extra’. It was formed from the verb quaerere ‘try to get or obtain’ (from which English gets query, the derivatives enquire and require, and, via the past participial stem, quest and question) plus the prefix ad-, conveying the idea of being additional. English borrowed the word via Old French acquerre, and it was originally spelled acquere, but around 1600 the spelling was changed to acquire, supposedly to bring it more into conformity with its Latin source.
=> query, quest, question

acquire (v.)

mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, corresponding to Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c. 1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.

1. Perhaps we did acquire a somewhat fuddy-dddy image in the later years.

私たちはその後数年間、本当に古風さを感じさせたかもしれません。

2.Here is your opportunity to acquire a luxurious one bedroom home.

今こそ豪華なワンルーム住宅を購入するチャンスだ。

3.He was the mastermind behind the plan to acquire the explosives.

彼は爆薬の入手を共謀した首謀者である。

4.Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.

多くの子供は犬を怖がっている。

5.Students examined how children acquire language.

学生たちは子供がどのように言語を習得するかをよく研究している。