Where does “accolade” come from?
accolade (French) comes from Occitan acolada, from Italian accollato, from Italian accollo, from Italian accollare, from Italian are, from Italian aere, from Old French aire, from Latin ārea — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
accolade (French): curly bracket; accolade; embrace
Definitions
- curly bracket; accolade; embrace
Ancestry of “accolade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | acolada | an embrace |
| 2 | Italian | accollato | past participle of accollare; high-necked |
| 3 | Italian | accollo | Part of the load of a two-wheeled cart placed... |
| 4 | Italian | accollare | to charge with an assignment, burden, etc; to... |
| 5 | Italian | are | Archaic form of aere; plural of ara |
| 6 | Italian | aere | air; appearance, aspect; nature, disposition |
| 7 | Old French | aire | appearance; semblance |
| 8 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |