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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

  1. To accentuate too much

Ancestry of “overaccentuate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccentuateTo pronounce with an accent or vocal stress; To...
2Medieval Latinaccentuatus—
3Latinaccentuare—
4Latinaccentusa blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;...
5Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
6Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
7LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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