Etymology

accostable

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Today it means: Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted. Full definition →

French accostable
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  1. French · borrowed fromaccostable
  2. English todayaccostable

Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.