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Where does “accent” come from?

accent (French) comes from German Akzent, from Italian accento, from Russian акцент, from Spanish acento, from Latin accentus, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

accent (French): accent, manner or tone of speech; an accent...

Definitions

  1. accent, manner or tone of speech; an accent...

Ancestry of “accent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAkzentaccent
2Italianaccentostress; accent; tone
3Russianакцентstress, accent; accent; accent, emphasis, stress
4Spanishacentoaccent
5Latinaccentusa blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;...
6Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
7Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
8LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
9Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
10Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
11Proto-Italic-ējō—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “accent”

  • accents
  • accentuer
  • aksan
  • aksan
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