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Where does “unaccusingly” come from?

unaccusingly (English) comes from English unaccusing, from English accusing, from English accuse, from Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

unaccusingly (English): In an unaccusing manner

Definitions

  1. In an unaccusing manner

Ancestry of “unaccusingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunaccusingNot accusing
2Englishaccusingpresent participle of accuse; Accusatory;...
3Englishaccuseto find fault with, blame, censure; to charge...
4Middle Englishacusen—
5Old Frenchacuserto accuse
6Latinaccūsō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →