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Where does “accessorial” come from?

accessorial (English) comes from English accessory, from Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessorius, from Latin accessor, from Latin accessus, from Latin accēdō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

accessorial (English): Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a...

Ancestry of “accessorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccessoryHaving a secondary, supplementary or subordinate...
2Middle Englishaccessorie—
3Medieval Latinaccessoriusaccessory, supplementary; accessory , accomplice
4Latinaccessorhelper, subordinate
5Latinaccessusapproached, reached; advanced, attacked;...
6Latinaccēdō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accessorial”

  • accessorially
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