Where does “acceptably” come from?

Acceptably comes from English acceptable plus the adverb-forming suffix -ly, which derives from Old English -līċ, itself from Proto-Germanic -līkaz meaning "like" or "resembling," ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European līg-.

acceptably (English): In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or...

Definitions

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or...

Ancestry of “acceptably”, step by step

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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →