Etymology

blaccent

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Today it means: An accent characteristic of African-Americans (black Americans). Full definition →

English accent ← Middle English accent ← Anglo-Norman accent
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  1. Proto-Germanic*blakaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*blak
  3. Old Englishblæc
  4. Middle Englishblak
  5. Englishblack
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  12. Proto-Italic*kanō
  13. Latincanō
  14. Latinaccinō
  15. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  16. Medieval Latinaccentus
  17. Middle Frenchaccent
  18. Anglo-Normanaccent
  19. Middle Englishaccent
  20. Englishaccent
  21. English todayblaccent

Blend of black + accent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.