English
accompass
Superficially ac- + compass, but perhaps a- (“intensifying prefix”) + compass (“to accomplish”).
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread’
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Latin passus ‘a pace, step, later a pass, way, route’
Medieval Latin compassus ‘a circle, a circuit’
Old French compas
Middle English compas ‘a circle, circuit, limit, form, a…’
English compass
Today it means
verb To achieve; effect; bring about.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / accompass