"access" in seven languages
Meaningaccess
Spanish
acceso
/akˈθeso/
masc.learned
French
accès
/aksɛ/
masc.learned
Italian
accesso
/atˈtʃɛsso/
masc.learned
Portuguese
acesso
/aˈsɛsu/
masc.learned
Romanian
acces
/akˈtʃes/
neut.borrowed · French accès
Catalan
accés
/əkˈses/
masc.learned
English
access
/ˈæksɛs/
from Latin/French · Latin ACCESSUS (via Old French acces)
English → ItalianaccessaccessoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ACCESSUM‘approach (from ACCĒDERE 'to go toward')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word, so all four match letter for letter — only the cc before e splits: kθ in Spanish, ks in French, ttʃ in Italian.
English relatives: accessible, accede, accessory
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In a sentence
- esEn casa tenemos acceso a internet.
- frNous avons accès à internet à la maison.
- itA casa abbiamo accesso a internet.
- ptTemos acesso à internet em casa.
- roAvem acces la internet acasă.
- caTenim accés a internet a casa.
- enWe have internet access at home.