accession
Meaningthe act or result of going towards
Common meaning: the act of coming to or adding
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- acto, towards
- cessto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards’ + ‘to go, move away’ → accession
Journey through time
- Latincēdō, cessī, cessum‘to go, move away’
- Englishaccess‘a way in, or the right to enter’
- Englishformed in English from accessaccession‘the act of coming to or adding’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the act or result of going towards. It can be inferred from any of: access.
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 + -ion (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
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