Where does “accidie” come from?
accidie (Italian) comes from Italian accidia, from Latin acēdia, from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
accidie (Italian): plural of accidia
Ancestry of “accidie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | accidia | sloth, acedia |
| 2 | Latin | acēdia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀκήδεια | indifference |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |