Where does “accede” come from?
Accede comes from Middle English acceden, from Latin accedo meaning "to approach or agree to," formed from the prefix ad- "to" and Latin ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
accede (English): To approach; to arrive, to come forward; To give...
Definitions
- To approach; to arrive, to come forward; To give...
Ancestry of “accede”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acceden | — |
| 2 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |