English word accelerate comes from Latin accelero (I accelerate), which is a combination of the Latin prefix ad (toward, to, on, up to, for) and root celero (I hasten, quicken, make haste, hurry)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ad | Latin (lat) | (direction) toward, to, on, up to, for. |
| celero | Latin (lat) | I hasten, quicken, accelerate. I make haste, hurry. |
| accelero | Latin (lat) | (intransitive) I am quick, make haste, hasten.. (transitive) I quicken, hasten, accelerate. |
| acceleratus | Latin (lat) | hastened, accelerated. |
| accelerate | English (eng) | (intransitive) Grow; increase.. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.. (obsolete). (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course [...] |