English
accusativity
Accusativity 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–presentsame form
- Englishtodayaccusativity
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 CEaccūsātīvus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accusative
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayaccusativity
A compound of accusative + -ity
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
noun Quality of being accusative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / accusativity