Where does “nonacceptability” come from?
nonacceptability (English) comes from English acceptability, from English acceptable, from Middle English acceptable, from Middle French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad- — in.
nonacceptability (English): The condition of being nonacceptable
Definitions
- The condition of being nonacceptable
Ancestry of “nonacceptability”, step by step
nonacceptability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acceptability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acceptability | The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness;... |
| 2 | English | acceptable | worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or... |
| 3 | Middle English | acceptable | Pleasant, agreeable; causing a positive reception |
| 4 | Middle French | acceptable | — |
| 5 | Latin | acceptabilis | acceptable |
| 6 | Latin | acceptō | to take, receive, accept (regularly) |
| 7 | Latin | accipiō | to receive, accept, take |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |