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Obtain

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to get or come to possess something, especially through effort
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Stage 1 of 2
obtinere
Latin · ancient
"to hold onto, to gain possession of"
to hold onto, to gain possession of, from ob- (toward) and tenere (to hold)
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Stage 2 of 2
obtain
English · 1400s
"to get or acquire something"
settled as the English word for getting or acquiring something
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