Where does “accuser” come from?
Accuser comes from Middle English acuser, from Old French accusour, from Latin accusator, derived from Latin accusare meaning "to call to account," formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" and the root ad.
accuser (English): One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime...
Definitions
- One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime...
Ancestry of “accuser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acuser | — |
| 2 | Old French | accusour | accuser |
| 3 | Latin | accūsātor | accuser, plaintiff |
| 4 | Latin | accūsō | to blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |