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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1400|origins=la accedo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|accessible]] and directly [[bor|la-lat|accessibilis]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from Latin [[m|la|accessus|t=an approach, entrance]], from [[m|la|accedo|alt=accēdere|t=to approach, come near]] (see [[accede]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Capable of being approached or reached: about 1400 in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) affording entrance, 1610 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Easy to reach or enter is from the 1640s (1642 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Open to an influence is from 1818.^(OED 1989) Of art or writing, easily understood, is by 1961.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Usable by people with disabilities is a later sense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1400 – capable of being reached.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1642 – easy of access.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1818 – open to an influence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1961 – easy to understand.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to be reached or entered easily.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Easy to obtain or use: ''accessible information''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Easily understood or appreciated.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Usable by people with [[disability|alt=disabilities]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accessibility]]

+ * [[accessibly]]

+ * [[accessibleness]]

+ * [[nonaccessible]]

+ * [[unaccessible]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[access]]

+ * [[accede]]

+ * [[inaccessible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}