Etymology

accuser

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Today it means: One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. Full definition →

Middle English acuser ← Old French accusour ← Latin accūsātor
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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. Old Frenchaccusour
  11. Middle Englishacuser
  12. English todayaccuser

Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.