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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

  1. An unaccented beat or syllable, as in music or...

Ancestry of “nonaccent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccentA higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a...
2Middle Englishaccent—
3Latinaccinō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →