Meanings
nounaccentologist (plural accentologists)
plural accentologists
- One who studies accentology.
An important point in Kuryłowicz's Balto-Slavic accentology was his rejection of Saussure's Law in Slavic, a view which was accepted by Stang and, subsequently, by most accentologists of the last half of the twentieth century.
2009, Thomas Olander, Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility, page 29
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
- Proto-Italic*kanō
- Latincanō
- Latinaccinō
- Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
- Medieval Latinaccentus
- Middle Frenchaccent
- Anglo-Normanaccent
- Middle Englishaccent
- Englishaccent
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishaccentologist
From accent + -ologist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish aksentologi
- aksentologione who studies accentology
French accentologue, accentologiste
- accentologueone who studies accentology
- accentologisteone who studies accentology
German Akzentologe, Akzentologin
- Akzentologeone who studies accentology
- Akzentologinone who studies accentology
Polish akcentolog
- akcentologone who studies accentology
Cite this entry
APA
accentologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentologist
MLA
“accentologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accentologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accentologist.
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