Where does “fraccent” come from?
fraccent (English) comes from English frat, from English fraternity, from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, from Latin frāternus, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo — he, she.
fraccent (English): A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry
Definitions
- A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry
Ancestry of “fraccent”, step by step
fraccent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frat | Shortened form of fraternity, college... |
| 2 | English | fraternity | The quality of being brothers or brotherly;... |
| 3 | Old French | fraternité | brotherhood; fraternity |
| 4 | Latin | frāternitās | brotherhood |
| 5 | Latin | frāternus | brotherly, fraternal |
| 6 | French | -iser | -ise/-ize |
| 7 | Old French | -iser | -ize |
| 8 | Latin | -izo | Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English accent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accent | A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | accent | accent |
| 3 | Latin | accinō | to sing to |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |