Where does “approachability” come from?
approachability (English) comes from English approach, from Middle English aprochen, from Old French aprochier, from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
approachability (English): The characteristic of being approachable; the...
Definitions
- The characteristic of being approachable; the...
Ancestry of “approachability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | approach | To come or go near, in place or time; to draw... |
| 2 | Middle English | aprochen | — |
| 3 | Old French | aprochier | to approach |
| 4 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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