Where does “approach” come from?
Approach comes from Middle English approchen, from Old French aprochier, from Late Latin appropiare, formed from Latin ad- meaning "to" and a root from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.
approach (English): To come or go near, in place or time; to draw...
Definitions
- To come or go near, in place or time; to draw...
Ancestry of “approach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | aprochen | — |
| 2 | Old French | aprochier | to approach |
| 3 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |