English
accusator
Accusator comes from French accusateur ‘accusing, accusatory’, and goes back to Latin accūsāre.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre‘blame, accuse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātor‘accuser’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātōremaccusative singular of accūsātor
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaccusateur‘accusing, accusatory’
- Englishtodayaccusator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre‘blame, accuse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātor‘accuser’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātōremaccusative singular of accūsātor
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaccusateur‘accusing, accusatory’
- Englishtodayaccusator
Every English word from Latin accūsāre
Today it means
noun A male accuser.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accūsāre / accusator