Where does “acceptable” come from?
acceptable (Danish) comes from Danish acceptabel, from German akzeptabel, from French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
acceptable (Danish): definite singular of acceptabel; plural of...
Definitions
- definite singular of acceptabel; plural of...
Ancestry of “acceptable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | acceptabel | acceptable |
| 2 | German | akzeptabel | acceptable |
| 3 | French | acceptable | acceptable |
| 4 | Latin | acceptabilis | acceptable |
| 5 | Latin | acceptō | to take, receive, accept (regularly) |
| 6 | Latin | accipiō | to receive, accept, take |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |