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Where does “acceptee” come from?

acceptee (English) comes from English accept, from Middle English accepten, from Old French accepter, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

acceptee (English): A person who accepts, or is accepted for, a...

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  1. A person who accepts, or is accepted for, a...

Ancestry of “acceptee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacceptTo receive, especially with a consent, with...
2Middle Englishacceptento accept
3Old Frenchaccepterto accept
4Latinacceptō—
5Latinaccipiō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →