acquaint
‘give knowledge to, inform’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. acquente, aquant, aqueint, acquainte < O.F. acointer ‘make known; make or seek acquaintance of’ < Vulgar Lat. accognitare ‘to make known’ < Lat. accognitus ‘acquainted with’ < accognoscere ‘know well’ < ad ‘to’ + cognitus < Lat. cognoscere ‘to get to know, recognize’ < com ‘together’ + gnoscere ‘to know’ < kvay < gno- < Tamil kaṇ