Where does “access” come from?
Access comes from Middle English acces, from Middle French acces, meaning approach or admittance.
access (English): A way or means of approaching or entering; an...
Definitions
- A way or means of approaching or entering; an...
Ancestry of “access”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acces | — |
| 2 | Middle French | acces | attack, onslaught |
| 3 | Latin | accessus | approached, reached; advanced, attacked;... |
| 4 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |