English
accusive
Accusive comes from Old French acuser ‘to accuse’, and goes back to Latin causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400acuser‘to accuse’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acusen
- English1500–presentaccuse
- Englishtodayaccusive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400acuser‘to accuse’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acusen
- English1500–presentaccuse
- Englishtodayaccusive
A compound of accuse + -ive
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, syllabus, causal, inexcusable, causative, excusable, 24 more
Today it means
adj accusative; accusing
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / accusive