Etymology

unaccusable

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Today it means: Not accusable. Full definition →

English accusable ← Latin accūsābilis ← Old Latin caussa
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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-Italic*kaussā
  13. Old Latincaussa
  14. Latincausa
  15. Latinaccūsō
  16. Latinaccūsābilis
  17. Englishaccusable
  18. English todayunaccusable

From un- + accusable.

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