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Where does “accentuer” come from?

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

accentuer (French): to accentuate; to intensify; to accent

Definitions

  1. to accentuate; to intensify; to accent

Ancestry of “accentuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccentaccent, manner or tone of speech; an accent...
2GermanAkzentaccent
3Italianaccentostress; accent; tone
4Russianакцентstress, accent; accent; accent, emphasis, stress
5Spanishacentoaccent
6Latinaccentusa blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;...
7Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
8Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
9LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
10Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
11Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
12Proto-Italic-ējō—
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
14Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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