acabit

Meaning

kind, type, sort

Concepts

sort

kind

type

species

calibre

variety

generic group

class

form

stripe

art form

Synonyms

genre

sorte

espèce

type

variété

esrèce

modèle

style

Translations

soort

Sorte

Art

genere

slag

Gattung

aard

género

specie

tipo

espécie

género

Schlag

type

Abart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.ka.bi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: 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.