Where does “phosphoaccepting” come from?

phosphoaccepting (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.

phosphoaccepting (English): That acts as a phosphoacceptor

Definitions

  1. That acts as a phosphoacceptor

Ancestry of “phosphoaccepting”, step by step

phosphoaccepting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English accepting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacceptingpresent participle of accept; Characterized by...
2EnglishacceptTo receive, especially with a consent, with...
3Middle Englishacceptento accept
4Old Frenchaccepterto accept
5Latinacceptōto take, receive, accept (regularly)
6Latinaccipiōto receive, accept, take
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English phospho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphospho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én