Etymology

accusive

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Today it means: accusative; accusing Full definition →

English accuse ← Middle English acusen ← Old French acuser
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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. Latinaccūsāre
  9. Old Frenchacuser
  10. Middle Englishacusen
  11. Englishaccuse
  12. English todayaccusive

From accuse + -ive.

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