accessible
/ækˈsesəbəl/ak-SEH-suh-buhl
/ækˈsɛsəbəl/ak-SEH-suh-buhl
Meaningable to be approached
Common meaning: easy to reach or use
- acto, towards
- cessto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
- ibleable to be
‘to, towards’ + ‘to go, move away’ → accessible
Journey through time
- Latincēdō, cessī, cessum‘to go, move away’
- Englishaccess‘a way in, or the right to enter’
- Englishformed in English from accessaccessible‘easy to reach or use’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from access + -ible.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ACCEDE, p.5 · scan
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
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