misaccent

misaccent

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
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
English misaccent

    From mis- + accent.

    Verb

    misaccent (third-person singular simple present misaccents, present participle misaccenting, simple past and past participle misaccented)

    1. To accent incorrectly.

    Anagrams

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