Etymology

nonaccusative

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Today it means: Not accusative. Full definition →

English accusative ← Middle English accusative ← Latin accūsātīvus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  15. Proto-Italic*ad
  16. Proto-Italic*ad-
  17. Latinad-
  18. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  19. Old Latincaussa
  20. Latincausa
  21. Latinaccūsō
  22. Ancient Greekαἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)
  23. Latinaccūsātīvus
  24. Anglo-Normanaccusatif
  25. Latinaccūsātīvus
  26. Middle Frenchacusatif
  27. Latinaccūsātīvus
  28. Middle Englishaccusative
  29. Englishaccusative
  30. English todaynonaccusative

From non- + accusative.

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