English
accusatively
Accusatively 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 CEaccūsātīvus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accusative
- English1500–presentaccusative
- Englishtodayaccusatively
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEaccūsātīvus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accusative
- English1500–presentaccusative
- Englishtodayaccusatively
A compound of accusative + -ly
Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
Latin accūsō ‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
Latin accūsātīvus
Middle English accusative
English accusative
Linked words
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, causal, inexcusable, excusable, causative, 24 more
through Latin accūsātīvus
Today it means
adv In an accusative manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / accusatively