accept

Where does the word "accept" come from? It comes from Latin acceptare, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Accept’s story begins in Latin: acceptare meant “to take willingly.” To take willingly, from ad- (to) and capere (to take). It reached English by 1300s as accept. First recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. Today, accept means to willingly receive or agree to something offered.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient acceptare "to take willingly", to take willingly, from ad- (to) and capere (to take).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s accept "to willingly receive something offered", first recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate.