Etymology

accusatory

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Today it means: Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation. Full definition →

First used the early 17th c.Middle English accusatorie ← Latin accūsātōrius ← Middle French accusatorie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  6. Old Latincaussa
  7. Latincausa
  8. Latinaccūsō
  9. Latinaccūsātor
  10. Latinaccūsātōrius
  11. Middle Frenchaccusatorie
  12. Latinaccūsātōrius
  13. Middle Englishaccusatorie
  14. English todayaccusatory

From Middle English accusatorie, from Middle French accusatorie and its etymon Latin accūsātōrius. By surface analysis, accuse + -atory.

First known use, by meaning

  • from the early 17th c. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.