acabit

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.bi/

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Noun

acabit m (plural acabits)

1. kind, type, sort

   Synonyms: sorte, genre, style

   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.

Derived terms

• du même acabit

Further reading

• “acabit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012