Where does “accessibility” come from?
Accessibility comes from English accessible plus the suffix -ity, from French -ité, Latin -itas, the suffix -tus, the prefix ad-, and the preposition ad, from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
accessibility (English): The quality of being accessible, or of admitting...
Definitions
- The quality of being accessible, or of admitting...
Ancestry of “accessibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accessible | Easy of access or approach; Built or designed as... |
| 2 | French | accessible | accessible, attainable, obtainable, available;... |
| 3 | Latin | accessibilis | approachable; accessible |
| 4 | Latin | accessus | approached, reached; advanced, attacked;... |
| 5 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |