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 | 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 |