English
unaccessory
Unaccessory comes from Latin accessor ‘accomplice, accessory’, from accēdō ‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessor‘accomplice, accessory’
- Medieval Latinmodernaccessōrius
- English1500–presentaccessory
- Englishearliest quotation 1858unaccessory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessor‘accomplice, accessory’
- Medieval Latinmodernaccessōrius
- English1500–presentaccessory
- Englishearliest quotation 1858unaccessory
Earliest quotation: 1858, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-Noted Women: “Henry had not been made a party to the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kezdō
excessive, succession, successive, procession, successor, inaccessible, recessive, precession, 8 more
through Latin cēdō ‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
process, success, necessary, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, precedent, accessible, recession, concede, predecessor, concession, recess, secession, cessation, accession, cede, intercession, 28 more
through Latin accēdō ‘to go or come toward, approach, reach’
Today it means
adj Not accessory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kezdō / unaccessory