Where does “accent-wise” come from?
accent-wise (English) comes from English accent, from French accent, from German Akzent, from Italian accento, from Russian акцент, from Spanish acento, from Latin accentus, from Latin cantus — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
accent-wise (English): In relation to accent
Definitions
- In relation to accent
Ancestry of “accent-wise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accent | A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a... |
| 2 | French | accent | accent, manner or tone of speech; an accent... |
| 3 | German | Akzent | accent |
| 4 | Italian | accento | stress; accent; tone |
| 5 | Russian | акцент | stress, accent; accent; accent, emphasis, stress |
| 6 | Spanish | acento | accent |
| 7 | Latin | accentus | a blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;... |
| 8 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 9 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 10 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 11 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |