"to accept" in seven languages
Meaningto accept
Spanish
aceptar
/aθepˈtaɾ/
learned
French
accepter
/aksɛpte/
learned
Italian
accettare
/attʃetˈtare/
learned
Portuguese
aceitar
/asejˈtah/
inherited
Spoken -PT- became -it-, as in receita (RECEPTA); Spanish aceptar is learned.
Romanian
accepta
/aktʃepˈta/
learned
Catalan
acceptar
/əksəpˈta/
learned
English
accept
/əkˈsɛpt/
from Latin/French · Old French accepter, from Latin
English → Italianto acceptaccettareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ACCEPTĀRE‘to take willingly (frequentative of ACCIPERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned in all four: Spanish simplified cc to c, Italian assimilated pt to tt (accettare), French kept the Latin look.
English relatives: acceptance, acceptable
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esAcepto tus disculpas.
- frJ'accepte tes excuses.
- itAccetto le tue scuse.
- ptAceito suas desculpas.
- roÎți accept scuzele.
- caAccepto les teves disculpes.
- enI accept your apology.
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