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nanciscor.

to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[naŋˈkiːs.kɔr]Classical-Latin[nan̠ʲˈt͡ʃis.kor]
  1. to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something

    conjugation-3 · deponent
    cum plus otii nactus ero
  2. to contract, catch

    conjugation-3 · deponent
    morbum nancisci
  3. to possess by birth, have by nature

    broadly · conjugation-3 · deponent
Where this word comes from

Probably from *nank-i- + -isco, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂n-né-ḱ-ti, which derives from the root *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (“came, arrived”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy, be enough”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), see Sanskrit नश् (naś).

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