English
accusatorily
Accusatorily comes from Latin accūsātōrius ‘of or pertaining to an accuser’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātōrius‘of or pertaining to an accuser’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accusatorie
- English1500–presentaccusatory
- Englishtodayaccusatorily
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsātōrius‘of or pertaining to an accuser’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accusatorie
- English1500–presentaccusatory
- Englishtodayaccusatorily
A compound of accūsō ‘to blame, reproach, make a complaint against,…’ + -tor + accūsātor ‘accuser, plaintiff’
Proto-Italic *kaussā
Old Latin caussa
Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
Latin accūsō ‘to blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with’
Proto-Italic *kaussā
Old Latin caussa
Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
Latin accūsō ‘to blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with’
Latin accūsātor ‘accuser, plaintiff’
Every English word from Latin accūsātōrius
Today it means
adv In an accusatory way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accūsātōrius / accusatorily