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Where does “acceptableness” come from?

acceptableness (English) comes from English acceptable, from Middle English acceptable, from Middle French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

acceptableness (English): The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to...

Ancestry of “acceptableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacceptableworthy, decent, sure of being accepted or...
2Middle Englishacceptable—
3Middle Frenchacceptable—
4Latinacceptabilisacceptable
5Latinacceptō—
6Latinaccipiō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →