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Where does “deaccent” come from?

deaccent (English) comes from English accent, from French accent, from German Akzent, from Italian accento, from Russian акцент, from Spanish acento, from Latin accentus, from Latin cantus — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

deaccent (English): To remove the accent or stress from

Definitions

  1. To remove the accent or stress from

Ancestry of “deaccent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccentA higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a...
2Frenchaccentaccent, manner or tone of speech; an accent...
3GermanAkzentaccent
4Italianaccentostress; accent; tone
5Russianакцентstress, accent; accent; accent, emphasis, stress
6Spanishacentoaccent
7Latinaccentusa blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;...
8Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
9Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
10LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
11Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
12Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
13Proto-Italic-ējō—
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
15Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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