Where does “accostment” come from?

accostment (English) comes from English accost, from Old French accoster, from Vulgar Latin accosto, from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

accostment (English): an action of accosting

Definitions

  1. an action of accosting

Ancestry of “accostment”, step by step

accostment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English accost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccostTo approach and speak to boldly or aggressively,...
2Old Frenchaccoster—
3Vulgar Latinaccostoto come alongside someone
4Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
5Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →