Where does “nonaccent” come from?
nonaccent (English) comes from English accent, from Middle English accent, from Latin accinō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
nonaccent (English): An unaccented beat or syllable, as in music or...
Definitions
- An unaccented beat or syllable, as in music or...
Ancestry of “nonaccent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | accent | A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | accent | — |
| 3 | Latin | accinō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |