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accessible
Accessible comes from Late Latin accēdō ‘approach’, from Latin cēdō ‘to move, yield’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to move, yield’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEaccēdō‘approach’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEaccessusperfect passive participle of accēdō
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEaccessibilis
- Englishearliest quotation 1849–1861accessible
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to move, yield’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEaccēdō‘approach’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEaccessusperfect passive participle of accēdō
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEaccessibilis
- Englishearliest quotation 1849–1861accessible
Earliest quotation: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Secon: “The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are…”
first attested First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (‘approach’), equivalent to access + -ible.
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kezdō
excessive, successor, succession, successive, procession, recessive, precession, 11 more
through Latin cēdō ‘to move, yield’
process, necessary, success, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, precedent, predecessor, concede, recession, recess, concession, cessation, secession, cede, intercession, 30 more
through Late Latin accēdō ‘approach’
Today it means
adj Easy of access or approach.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kezdō / accessible