Etymology

acceptance

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Today it means: The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. Full definition →

English accept ← Middle English accepten ← Old French accepterder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  7. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  8. Latincapiō
  9. Latinaccipiō
  10. Latinacceptāre
  11. Old Frenchaccepter
  12. Middle Frenchacceptance
  13. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  14. Middle Englishaccepten
  15. Englishaccept
  16. English todayacceptance

* First attested in 1528–1530. Probably partly from Middle French acceptance (from Old French accepter (“accept”)) and partly from accept + -ance.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchaccepter all →

accept

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