accessional

accessional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English accession
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English accessional

    From accession + -al.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ækˈsɛʃ.nəl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.əl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.l/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    accessional

    1. (rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
      • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
        Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.

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