Etymograph

English

accessit

Accessit comes from Latin accessit ‘he came near’, from accēdō ‘approach’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdō1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō1‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō1‘approach’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessit1‘he came near’
  5. Englishtodayaccessit1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English accessit

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōWiktionary, English accessitreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, English accessit‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdōWiktionary, English accessit‘approach’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccessitWiktionary, English accessit‘he came near’
  5. EnglishtodayaccessitWiktionary, English accessit

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kezdō

excessive, successor, succession, successive, procession, recessive, precession, 10 more

through Latin cēdō ‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’

process, necessary, success, procedure, succeed, cease, precedent, excess, predecessor, concede, recession, concession, recess, cessation, secession, cede, intercession, 29 more

through Latin accēdō ‘approach’

inaccessible, accede, 4 more

Today it means

noun An honorable mention in an academic contest.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “accessit”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kezdō / accessit

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