English
accusable
Accusable comes from Latin accūsō ‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’, and goes back to causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsō‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsābilis
- Englishtodayaccusable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsō‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsābilis
- Englishtodayaccusable
Formed from accuse + -able
Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
Latin accūsāre
Old French acuser ‘to accuse’
Middle English acusen
English accuse
Linked words
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, causal, causative, inexcusable, excusable, 24 more
through Latin accūsō ‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
Today it means
adj Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / accusable