Etymology

misaccentuate

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Today it means: To accentuate incorrectly. Full definition →

English accentuate ← Medieval Latin accentuātus ← Latin accentuō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  15. Proto-Italic*kanō
  16. Latincanō
  17. Latinaccinō
  18. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  19. Latinaccentus
  20. Latinaccentuō
  21. Medieval Latinaccentuātus
  22. Englishaccentuate
  23. English todaymisaccentuate

From mis- + accentuate.

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