Etymology

underacceptance

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Today it means: Insufficient acceptance. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  13. Proto-Italic*ad
  14. Proto-Italic*ad-
  15. Latinad-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  18. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  19. Latincapiō
  20. Latinaccipiō
  21. Latinacceptāre
  22. Old Frenchaccepter
  23. Middle Frenchacceptance
  24. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  25. Middle Englishaccepten
  26. Englishaccept
  27. Englishacceptance
  28. English todayunderacceptance

From under- + acceptance.

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