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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”

  • accusatorial
  • nonaccusatory
  • accusatorily
  • accusatorially
  • unaccusatory
Every word from Middle English accusatorie →