Where does “accept” come from?
Accept comes from Middle English accepten, from Latin accepto, from Latin accipio meaning "to receive," composed of Latin ad- "to" and Latin capere "to take," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád "to" and keh₂p- "to seize."
accept (English): To receive, especially with a consent, with...
Definitions
- To receive, especially with a consent, with...
Ancestry of “accept”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | accepten | to accept |
| 2 | Old French | accepter | to accept |
| 3 | Latin | acceptō | — |
| 4 | Latin | accipiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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