acute accent

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπροσῳδία“accent”
2. Latin · derived fromaccentus“accent”
3. English todayacute accent

From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”). Cognate to French accent aigu.

Words from the same roots