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Where does “acceptingness” come from?

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

acceptingness (English): The ability or desire to accept

Definitions

  1. The ability or desire to accept

Ancestry of “acceptingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacceptingpresent participle of accept; Characterized by...
2EnglishacceptTo receive, especially with a consent, with...
3Middle Englishacceptento accept
4Old Frenchaccepterto accept
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 →