Etymology

accentuator

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Today it means: An agent that accentuates. Full definition →

English accentuate ← Medieval Latin accentuātus ← Latin accentuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  7. Proto-Italic*kanō
  8. Latincanō
  9. Latinaccinō
  10. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  11. Latinaccentus
  12. Latinaccentuō
  13. Medieval Latinaccentuātus
  14. Englishaccentuate
  15. English todayaccentuator

From accentuate + -or.

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