Where does “overaccentuate” come from?
overaccentuate (English) comes from English accentuate, from Medieval Latin accentuatus, from Latin accentuare, from Latin accentus, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
overaccentuate (English): To accentuate too much
Definitions
- To accentuate too much
Ancestry of “overaccentuate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accentuate | To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress; To... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | accentuatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | accentuare | — |
| 4 | Latin | accentus | a blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;... |
| 5 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 6 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |