Where does “accurse” come from?

accurse (English) comes from Middle English acursen, from Old English ācursian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

accurse (English): To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or...

Definitions

  1. To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or...

Ancestry of “accurse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishacursento curse
2Old Englishācursianto curse, malign
3Old Englishā-a-; away, out
4Old Englishar-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →