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Where does “reaccelerate” come from?

reaccelerate (English) comes from English accelerate, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

reaccelerate (English): To accelerate again or anew

Definitions

  1. To accelerate again or anew

Ancestry of “reaccelerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccelerateTo cause to move faster; to quicken the motion...
2English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
3Middle English-ant—
4Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
5Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
6Proto-Germanic-andz—
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوك—
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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