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Where does “accusable” come from?

accusable (English) comes from Latin accusabilis, from Latin accūsō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accusable (English): Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with...

Definitions

  1. Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with...

Ancestry of “accusable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaccusabilisaccusable, blameworthy, reprehensible
2Latinaccūsō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accusable”

  • unaccusable
  • unaccusably
  • accusably
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →