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Where does “unaccountability” come from?

unaccountability (English) comes from English accountability, from English accountable, from English account, from Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte, from Old French aconte, from Old French aconter, from Old French conter — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

unaccountability (English): unaccountableness

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  1. unaccountableness

Ancestry of “unaccountability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccountabilityThe state of being accountable; liability to be...
2EnglishaccountableObliged, when called upon, to answer ;...
3EnglishaccountA registry of pecuniary transactions; a written...
4Middle Englishacounte—
5Anglo-Normanacunteaccount; count; calculation; account; version of...
6Old Frenchaconte—
7Old Frenchaconterto tell; to inform of; to do the accounts
8Old Frenchconterto tell; to say; to recount; to add up
9Latincomputō—
10Latincom-allomorph of con-
11Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt—
18Germankitt—
19Old High Germankuti—
20Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
21Proto-Germanickweduzresin
22Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
23Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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