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Where does “akcentēt” come from?

akcentēt (Latvian) comes from Latvian akcents, from Latin accentus, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

akcentēt (Latvian): to accentuate, to stress; to stress, to...

Definitions

  1. to accentuate, to stress; to stress, to...

Ancestry of “akcentēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianakcentsaccent, stress; stress, emphasis, overtone;...
2Latinaccentusa blast, signal; accent, tone, accentuation;...
3Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
4Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
5LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “akcentēt”

  • akcentēšana
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