Etymology

nominoaccusative

Today it means: Of or pertaining to both the nominative and accusative cases at once, capable of conveying either the subject or direct object of the verb. Full definition →

English accusative ← Middle English accusative ← Latin accūsātīvus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  3. Latinnōmen
  4. Latinnōminō
  5. Ancient Greekὀνομαστική (onomastikḗ)
  6. Latinnōminātīvus
  7. Old Frenchnominatif
  8. Latinnōminātīvus
  9. Middle Englishnominatyf
  10. Englishnominative
  11. Englishnomino-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  13. Proto-Italic*ad
  14. Proto-Italic*ad-
  15. Latinad-
  16. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  17. Old Latincaussa
  18. Latincausa
  19. Latinaccūsō
  20. Ancient Greekαἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)
  21. Latinaccūsātīvus
  22. Anglo-Normanaccusatif
  23. Latinaccūsātīvus
  24. Middle Frenchacusatif
  25. Latinaccūsātīvus
  26. Middle Englishaccusative
  27. Englishaccusative
  28. English todaynominoaccusative

From nomino- + accusative.

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