Etymology

unaccentuated

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Today it means: Not accentuated. Full definition →

English accentuated ← Medieval Latin accentuātus ← Latin accentuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  14. Proto-Italic*kanō
  15. Latincanō
  16. Latinaccinō
  17. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  18. Latinaccentus
  19. Latinaccentuō
  20. Medieval Latinaccentuātus
  21. Englishaccentuated
  22. English todayunaccentuated

From un- + accentuated.

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