Where does “acceptability” come from?

Acceptability derives from English acceptable plus the French suffix -ité, which comes from Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -it-, with the root from Latin acceptabilis.

acceptability (English): The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness;...

Definitions

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness;...

Ancestry of “acceptability”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	acceptable	worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or...
2	Middle English	acceptable	—
3	Middle French	acceptable	—
4	Latin	acceptabilis	acceptable
5	Latin	acceptō	—
6	Latin	accipiō	—
7	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8	Latin	īn-	—
9	Latin	în	—
10	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11	Proto-Italic	en	in
12	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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