Etymograph

English

accepter

Accepter comes from Middle French accepteur.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600accepteur
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1578accepter

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600accepteur
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1578accepter

Earliest quotation: 1578, Arthur Golding, Receyuing: “There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can…”

Formed from accept + -er

Middle English accepten ‘to accept’

English accept

Today it means

noun A person who accepts; a taker.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle French accepteur / accepter