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Where does “achte” come from?

achte (Haitian Creole) comes from French acheter, from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

achte (Haitian Creole): To buy

Definitions

  1. To buy

Ancestry of “achte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchacheterto purchase; buy
2Old Frenchacheterto purchase; buy
3Vulgar Latinaccaptare—
4Latinacceptō—
5Latinaccipiō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →