Etymograph

English

accentlessness

From accentless + -ness.

A compound of accent + -less + accentless

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’

Latin canō ‘to sing, recite, play’

Latin accinō ‘to sing to’

Medieval Latin accentus

Middle French accent

Anglo-Norman accent

Middle English accent ‘accent’

English accent

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’

Latin canō ‘to sing, recite, play’

Latin accinō ‘to sing to’

Medieval Latin accentus

Middle French accent

Anglo-Norman accent

Middle English accent ‘accent’

English accent

English accentless

Today it means

noun Absence of an accent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / accentlessness