Where does “acceptable” come from?
Acceptable comes from Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptabilis, derived from Latin accipio meaning "to receive or accept," with the suffix -bilis meaning "capable of being," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád meaning "to."
acceptable (English): worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or...
Definitions
- worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or...
Ancestry of “acceptable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acceptable | Pleasant, agreeable; causing a positive reception |
| 2 | Middle French | 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 |