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acabit

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(Anglais)

kind, type, sort

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.ka.bi/

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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.