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Where does “controaccusa” come from?

controaccusa (Italian) comes from Italian accusa, from Italian accusare, from Latin accūsō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

controaccusa (Italian): countercharge; Variant of contraccusa

Definitions

  1. countercharge; Variant of contraccusa

Ancestry of “controaccusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaccusaaccusation; inflection of accusare: ##...
2Italianaccusareto accuse, to reproach, to impeach
3Latinaccūsō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →