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Where does “accostāre” come from?

accostāre (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

Ancestry of “accostāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAd—
2Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →