accentlessness

accentlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.
Proto-Italic *kanō
Medieval Latin canō
Medieval Latin accinō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Medieval Latin -tus
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Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq.
Medieval Latin accentusbor.
Middle French accentbor.
Anglo-Norman accentbor.
Middle English accent
English accent
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English accentless
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English accentlessness

    From accentless + -ness.

    Noun

    accentlessness (uncountable)

    1. Absence of an accent.
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