Approach
Middle English: from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare ‘draw near’, from ad- ‘to’ + propius (comparative of prope ‘near’).
wiktionary
From Middle English approchen, aprochen(“to come or go near, approach; to adjoin, be close by; to enter (someone’s) presence; to be or become involved; to reach (a certain state); to arrive; to befall, happen to; to become similar to, resemble; to be a match for (someone)”)[and other forms], [1] borrowed from Old French approchier, aprochier(“to approach”) (modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiāre, adpropiāre, respectively the present active infinitives of appropiō and adpropiō(“to approach, come near to”), from Latin ad-( prefix meaning ‘to’) + propiō(“to draw near”) (from prope(“near, nearby”), [2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (a variant of *per-(“before, in front; first”)) + *-kʷe(“ suffix forming distributives from interrogatives”)).
From Middle English approche(“approach, arrival”), from approchen, aprochen(“to come or go near, approach; to adjoin, be close by; to enter (someone’s) presence; to be or become involved; to reach (a certain state); to arrive; to befall, happen to; to become similar to, resemble; to be a match for (someone)”); see etymology 1. [3] [4]
etymonline
approach (v.)
c. 1300, "to go or come near" in place; late 14c. "come near in time," also "come near in quality or character, resemble, become similar," from Anglo-French approcher, Old French aprochier "come closer" (12c., Modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiare, adpropiare "go nearer to," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + Late Latin propiare "come nearer," comparative of Latin prope "near" (see propinquity). Replaced Old English neahlæcan.
approach (n.)
mid-15c., "act of drawing near, arrival," from approach (v.). Meaning "way or means by which something is approached" is from 1630s. Figurative sense of "means of handling a problem, etc." is attested by 1905. Sense of "final stage of an aircraft flight before landing" is by 1930.
