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Where does “unacceptable” come from?

Unacceptable derives from Middle English unacceptabylle, formed with the prefix un- attached to a word based on Latin acceptabilis, meaning worthy of acceptance.

unacceptable (English): unsatisfactory; not acceptable; not conforming to...

Definitions

  1. unsatisfactory; not acceptable; not conforming to...

Ancestry of “unacceptable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunacceptabylle—

Words derived from “unacceptable”

  • unacceptably
  • unacceptability
  • unacceptableness
Every word from Middle English unacceptabylle →