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> “... one common word which does seem to have been invented by the software industry: "access" as a verb” Really? That’s surprising because the French and Spa
by pavlov 6y ago
> “... one common word which does seem to have been invented by the software industry: "access" as a verb”
Really? That’s surprising because the French and Spanish equivalent verb (accéder / acceder) is common and has multiple meanings such as “reaching a peak”. I would have imagined this word transferred over in the Norman days.
- chrismorgan 6y agohttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=access_VERB https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=access_VERB would seem to support the claim.
- pavlov 6y agoWow, interesting. Maybe it’s because “to accede” is also an English verb but acquired a different meaning from the Latin root. Acceding to a computer system doesn’t make sense like it does in French or Spanish, so the noun was turned back into a different verb.