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Accept

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to willingly receive or agree to something offered
1
Stage 1 of 2
acceptare
Latin · ancient
"to take willingly"
to take willingly, from ad- (to) and capere (to take)
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Stage 2 of 2
accept
English · 1300s
"to willingly receive something offered"
settled as the English word for willingly receiving something offered
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