acabit
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
acabit m (plural acabits)
- kind, type, sort
- Je suis heureux qu’il y ait encore des gens de ton acabit pour aider les autres.
- I am happy that there are still the likes of you to help others.
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Further reading edit
- “acabit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.