[1605–15; ‹ obs. F ‹ VL *acquaesitum that which has been acquired, n. use of *acquaesitus (ptp. of *acquaerere to acquire, alter. of L acquīrere to acquire)]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: displacement, ideal, series, surface, turnover