Where does “accusingly” come from?
Accusingly comes from English accuse, Old French acuser, and Latin accusare, formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" and a root meaning "to call to account."
accusingly (English): In an accusing manner
Ancestry of “accusingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | accusing | present participle of accuse; Accusatory;... |
| 2 | English | accuse | to find fault with, blame, censure; to charge... |
| 3 | Middle English | acusen | — |
| 4 | Old French | acuser | to accuse |
| 5 | Latin | accūsō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |