myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of accento

Etymology of the Italian word accento

the Italian word accento

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-

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