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Where does “inaccessibility” come from?

Inaccessibility comes from Middle French inaccessibilité and Latin inaccessibilitas, formed from the prefix in- meaning "not" and accessibilitas meaning "the quality of being approachable."

inaccessibility (English): The quality or state of being inaccessible;...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being inaccessible;...

Ancestry of “inaccessibility”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinaccessibilité—
2Latininaccessibilitas—
Every word from Latin inaccessibilitas →