Where does “accessor” come from?
Accessor is derived from Middle English accessor, from Middle French accesseur, denoting one who accedes or joins with another.
accessor (English): Someone or something that accesses; A function...
Definitions
- Someone or something that accesses; A function...
Ancestry of “accessor”, step by step
accessor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English access
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | access | A way or means of approaching or entering; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | acces | — |
| 3 | Middle French | acces | attack, onslaught |
| 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 |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |