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accession
Accession comes from Latin accessiō ‘approach’, from cēdō ‘to move, yield’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to move, yield’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessiō‘approach’
- Englishearliest quotation 1776–1788accession
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to move, yield’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessiō‘approach’
- Englishearliest quotation 1776–1788accession
Earliest quotation: 1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell: “The only accession which the Roman empire received, during…”
first attested First attested in 1646 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1646.
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kezdō
excessive, successor, successive, succession, procession, recessive, precession, 10 more
through Latin cēdō ‘to move, yield’
process, necessary, success, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, precedent, predecessor, concede, recess, concession, cede, cessation, secession, intercession, 30 more
through Latin accēdō ‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
Today it means
noun A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kezdō / accession