Etymology

fraccent

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Today it means: A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry. Full definition →

English accent ← Middle English accent ← Anglo-Norman accent
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The story

  1. Englishfrat
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  3. Proto-Italic*ad
  4. Proto-Italic*ad-
  5. Latinad-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  8. Proto-Italic*kanō
  9. Latincanō
  10. Latinaccinō
  11. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  12. Medieval Latinaccentus
  13. Middle Frenchaccent
  14. Anglo-Normanaccent
  15. Middle Englishaccent
  16. Englishaccent
  17. English todayfraccent

Blend of frat + accent.

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