Etymology

misaccuse

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Today it means: To accuse wrongly. Full definition →

English accuse ← Middle English acusen ← Old French acuser
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The story

  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-Italic*kaussā
  14. Old Latincaussa
  15. Latincausa
  16. Latinaccūsāre
  17. Old Frenchacuser
  18. Middle Englishacusen
  19. Englishaccuse
  20. English todaymisaccuse

From mis- + accuse.

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