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===Etymology 1===

From Medieval Latin ''accessōrius'', from Latin ''accessor'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''accessus''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same root.

From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessorius#Latin Medieval Latin] ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessorius#Latin accessōrius]'', from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki/Appendix:Latin Latin] ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessor#Latin accessor]'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessus#Latin accessus]''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_roots root].

====Adjective====

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# (''legal'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assisting Assisting] a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incident incident] or subordinate to a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/principal principal].

# (''medicine, biology'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supernumerary Supernumerary] and generally [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonfunctional nonfunctional].

~~=====Usage notes=====~~

* (sense: secondary, supplementary) Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense, or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective).

===Etymology 2===

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====Noun====

'''accessory''' (''plural'' '''accessories''')

'''accessory''' ('~~'plural'' '''accessories'''~~)

[[File:AccessoryBlissymbol.png|right|thumb|250px|Blissymbol for ''accessory'' (thing + plus + clothing: something added to one's clothing), [https://www.blissymbolics.org/ Blissymbolics Communication International], CC BY-SA 4.0.]]

# Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attachment attachment].

#: ''the accessories of a mobile phone''

# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves. ~~(from 1896)~~

# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.

# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. ~~(from 1414)~~

# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.

#: ''She was an '''accessory''' to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.''

# (''art'') Something in a work of art without being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indispensably indispensably] necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

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 ===Etymology 1===
-From Medieval Latin ''accessōrius'', from Latin ''accessor'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''accessus''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same root.
+From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessorius#Latin Medieval Latin] ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessorius#Latin accessōrius]'', from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki/Appendix:Latin Latin] ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessor#Latin accessor]'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessus#Latin accessus]''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_roots root].
 ====Adjective====
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 # (''legal'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assisting Assisting] a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incident incident] or subordinate to a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/principal principal].
 # (''medicine, biology'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supernumerary Supernumerary] and generally [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonfunctional nonfunctional].
-=====Usage notes=====
-* (sense: secondary, supplementary) Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense, or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective).
 ===Etymology 2===
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 ====Noun====
+'''accessory''' (''plural'' '''accessories''')
-'''accessory''' (''plural'' '''accessories''')
+[[File:AccessoryBlissymbol.png|right|thumb|250px|Blissymbol for ''accessory'' (thing + plus + clothing: something added to one's clothing), [https://www.blissymbolics.org/ Blissymbolics Communication International], CC BY-SA 4.0.]]
 # Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attachment attachment].
 #: ''the accessories of a mobile phone''
-# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves. (from 1896)
+# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
-# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. (from 1414)
+# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
 #: ''She was an '''accessory''' to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.''
 # (''art'') Something in a work of art without being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indispensably indispensably] necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.