Etymology

reacceptance

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Today it means: Acceptance again of something previously rejected. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  12. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  13. Latincapiō
  14. Latinaccipiō
  15. Latinacceptāre
  16. Old Frenchaccepter
  17. Middle Frenchacceptance
  18. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  19. Middle Englishaccepten
  20. Englishaccept
  21. Englishacceptance
  22. English todayreacceptance

From re- + acceptance.

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