Where does “accost” come from?

Accost comes from Old French accoster, from Vulgar Latin accosto, from Latin ad and Proto-Indo-European ád, both meaning "to" or "toward," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.

accost (English): To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively,...

Definitions

  1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively,...

Ancestry of “accost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaccoster—
2Vulgar Latinaccostoto come alongside someone
3Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
4Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

Words derived from “accost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →