Etymology

deaccession

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Today it means: To officially remove an object from a ledger of a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold or disposed. Full definition →

English accession ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishaccession
  8. English todaydeaccession

From de- + accession.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.