Etymology

accessit

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Today it means: An honorable mention in an academic contest. Full definition →

Latin accessit ← Proto-Italic *kezdō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Italic*kezdō
  6. Latincēdō
  7. Latinaccēdō
  8. Latinaccessit
  9. English todayaccessit

Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”) + -it.

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