Etymology

disacceptance

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Today it means: The act or concept of not accepting. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  16. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  17. Latincapiō
  18. Latinaccipiō
  19. Latinacceptāre
  20. Old Frenchaccepter
  21. Middle Frenchacceptance
  22. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  23. Middle Englishaccepten
  24. Englishaccept
  25. Englishacceptance
  26. English todaydisacceptance

From dis- + acceptance, perhaps under the influence of disapprove, disapproval.

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