English
acute accent
Acute accent comes from Latin accentus ‘accent’, from accinō ‘to sing to’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-‘to sing’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂nétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanō‘to sing’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanō‘sing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinō‘to sing to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentus‘accent’
- Englishtodayacute accent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-‘to sing’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂nétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanō‘to sing’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanō‘sing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinō‘to sing to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentus‘accent’
- Englishtodayacute accent
Made of the words acute + accent
Latin acuō ‘to make pointed, sharpen, whet’
Latin acūtus ‘sharp, sharpened’
Latin acūta
Middle English acute ‘of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and…’
English acute
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’
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Medieval Latin accentus
Middle French accent
Anglo-Norman accent
Middle English accent
English accent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti
through Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’
chanting, cantor, enchantment, incantation, chantry, enchant, recant, canticle, chanter, 43 more
through Latin canō ‘sing’
Today it means
noun A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- / acute accent