Where does “アクサン” come from?
アクサン (Japanese) 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.
アクサン (Japanese): French diacritic
Definitions
- French diacritic
Ancestry of “アクサン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | accent | accent, manner or tone of speech; an accent... |
| 2 | German | Akzent | accent |
| 3 | Italian | accento | stress; accent; tone |
| 4 | Russian | акцент | stress, accent; accent; accent, emphasis, stress |
| 5 | Spanish | acento | accent |
| 6 | Latin | accentus | a blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;... |
| 7 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 8 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 9 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 10 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |