Where does “accusatory” come from?

Accusatory derives from English accuse combined with the English suffix -ory, which comes from Latin accusare meaning to charge with wrongdoing, with the prefix ad- and suffix -ia.

accusatory (English): pertaining to, or containing, an accusation

Definitions

  1. pertaining to, or containing, an accusation

Ancestry of “accusatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaccusatorie—

Words derived from “accusatory”

Every word from Middle English accusatorie →