Etymology

preaccept

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Today it means: To accept beforehand. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  15. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  16. Latincapiō
  17. Latinaccipiō
  18. Latinacceptāre
  19. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  20. Middle Englishaccepten
  21. Englishaccept
  22. English todaypreaccept

From pre- + accept.

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