accost
The origin and history of accost.
Etymology
Accost comes from Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”), which gave Medieval Latin accostare in turn, from Old French a- plus coste (“side, flank”).
The origin and history of accost.
Accost comes from Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”), which gave Medieval Latin accostare in turn, from Old French a- plus coste (“side, flank”).
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