access

access · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromaccessus
2. Middle French · derived fromacces“attack, onslaught”
3. Middle English · inherited fromaccesse
4. English todayaccess

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.

access · verb²

First attested in 1962.

Words from the same roots