Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. · The act of approaching or entering; an advance. · The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. · The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
From Middle English accesse, acces, borrowed from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus. First attested in the early 14th century. The sense "entrance" was first attested about 1380.
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This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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