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copacetic (adj.)
1919, but it may have origins in 19c. U.S. Southern black speech. Origin unknown, suspects include Latin, Yiddish (Hebrew
kol b'seder
), Italian, Louisiana French (
coupe-sétique
), and Native American. None is considered convincing by linguists.