Etymology

overaccent

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Today it means: To accent too much. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  13. Proto-Italic*kanō
  14. Latincanō
  15. Latinaccinō
  16. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  17. Medieval Latinaccentus
  18. Middle Frenchaccent
  19. Anglo-Normanaccent
  20. Middle Englishaccent
  21. Englishaccent
  22. English todayoveraccent

From over- + accent.

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