The story
- Late Latin · derived fromaccaptare
- Old French · derived fromachateor, achateur“buyer, provider”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromachatour
- English todayachatour
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman achatour, Old French achateor, achateur (“buyer, provider”), derived from achater (“buy, provide”), from Late Latin accaptare, from ad (“to”) + captare (“strive for”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.