Where does “acceptable” come from?

acceptable (Middle English) comes from Middle French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

acceptable (Middle English): Pleasant, agreeable; causing a positive reception

Definitions

Pleasant, agreeable; causing a positive reception

Ancestry of “acceptable”, step by step

acceptable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French acceptable

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	acceptable	—
2	Latin	acceptabilis	acceptable
3	Latin	acceptō	to take, receive, accept (regularly)
4	Latin	accipiō	to receive, accept, take
5	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
7	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
8	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9	Proto-Italic	en	in
10	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Anglo-Norman acceptable

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Anglo-Norman	acceptable	—
2	Late Latin	acceptabilis	worthy of acceptance; acceptable
3	Latin	accepto	I take, receive, accept; I submit to; I...
4	Latin	accipio	to receive, accept, take
5	Latin	capio	I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take...

Words derived from “acceptable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →