Where does “acceptress” come from?
acceptress (English) comes from English acceptor, from English accept, from Middle English accepten, from Old French accepter, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
acceptress (English): A female acceptor
Ancestry of “acceptress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acceptor | One who accepts; One who accepts a draft or a... |
| 2 | English | accept | To receive, especially with a consent, with... |
| 3 | Middle English | accepten | to accept |
| 4 | Old French | accepter | to accept |
| 5 | Latin | acceptō | — |
| 6 | Latin | accipiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |