Etymology

self-acceptance

Today it means: The acceptance of self in spite of weaknesses or deficiencies. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  15. Latincapiō
  16. Latinaccipiō
  17. Latinacceptāre
  18. Old Frenchaccepter
  19. Middle Frenchacceptance
  20. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  21. Middle Englishaccepten
  22. Englishaccept
  23. Englishacceptance
  24. English todayself-acceptance

From self- + acceptance.

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