Where does “accessible” come from?
accessible (French) comes from Latin accessibilis, from Latin accessus, from Latin accēdō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
accessible (French): accessible, attainable, obtainable, available;...
Definitions
- accessible, attainable, obtainable, available;...
Ancestry of “accessible”, step by step
accessible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin accessibilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | accessibilis | approachable; accessible |
| 2 | Latin | accessus | approached, reached; advanced, attacked;... |
| 3 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 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 |
via Late Latin accessibilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | accessibilis | accessible; approachable |