Where does “acceptor” come from?
Acceptor comes from English accept, derived from Middle English accepten, from Latin acceptāre, from Latin accipere meaning "to receive," formed from Latin ad- "to" and capere "to take," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád "to."
acceptor (English): One who accepts; One who accepts a draft or a...
Definitions
- One who accepts; One who accepts a draft or a...
Ancestry of “acceptor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accept | To receive, especially with a consent, with... |
| 2 | Middle English | accepten | to accept |
| 3 | Old French | accepter | to accept |
| 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 |