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Where does “accusé” come from?

accusé (French) comes from French accuser, from Middle French accuser, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

accusé (French): past participle of accuser

Definitions

  1. past participle of accuser

Ancestry of “accusé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccuserto accuse; to find fault with; to show; to reveal
2Middle Frenchaccuserto accuse
3Old Frenchacuserto accuse
4Latinaccūsō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accusé”

  • coaccusé
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