acabit

Signification (Anglais)

kind, type, sort

Synonymes

genre

sorte

espèce

type

variété

esrèce

modèle

style

Traductions

soort

Sorte

genere

Art

sort

kind

slag

género

Gattung

aard

specie

tipo

type

espécie

género

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.ka.bi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen français: acabit

In summary

14th century, from Middle French acabit, acabie (“kind, sort”, in one instance also “accident”), of unknown origin.
Possibly from Old Occitan *acabit, past participle of acabir, itself a byform of two different verbs: 1.) cabir (“to contain, comprise”), from Latin capere, and 2.) acabar (“to finish, bring to an end”), from Vulgar Latin *accapāre (cognates of French chevir and achever respectively). The semantics are not entirely convincing, however, and the nominal use is entirely unattested in Occitan.