myEtymology.com: English etymology of accenting

Etymology of the English word accenting

the English word accenting

derived from the English word accent

derived from the Old French word accent

derived from the Latin word accentus (accent, intonation, accentuation)

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Vulgar Latin word cantus (song, chant; singing; tire, iron ring around a carriage wheel; wheel)

derived from the Latin word canthus (tire, iron ring around a carriage wheel; wheel)

derived from the Greek word kanthos, κανϑός (rim; rim on a wheel; rim)

derived from the Latin word cantare (sing; play)

derived from the Latin word canere (be, become covered in white; be hoary; sing, celebrate, chant)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kan-