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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

  1. One who accepts; One who accepts a draft or a...

Ancestry of “acceptor”, 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

Words derived from “acceptor”

  • phosphoacceptor
  • isoacceptor
  • acceptress
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →