Where does “inaccessible” come from?
Inaccessible comes from Middle French inaccessible, from Latin inaccessibilis, negating accessibilis (able to be approached), from accessus (approached), derived from ad- (to) and the root expressing approach in Proto-Indo-European.
inaccessible (English): Not able to be accessed; out of reach;...
Definitions
- Not able to be accessed; out of reach;...
Ancestry of “inaccessible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inaccessible | — |
| 2 | Latin | inaccessibilis | unapproachable; inaccessible |
| 3 | Latin | accessibilis | approachable; accessible |
| 4 | Latin | accessus | approached, reached; advanced, attacked;... |
| 5 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |