Where does “acceptabel” come from?
acceptabel (Danish) comes from German akzeptabel, from French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
acceptabel (Danish): acceptable
Definitions
- acceptable
Ancestry of “acceptabel”, step by step
acceptabel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German akzeptabel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | akzeptabel | acceptable |
| 2 | French | acceptable | acceptable |
| 3 | Latin | acceptabilis | acceptable |
| 4 | Latin | acceptō | to take, receive, accept (regularly) |
| 5 | Latin | accipiō | to receive, accept, take |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Middle French acceptable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | acceptable | — |