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accuser

/əˈkju.zɚ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātorbor. Old French accusourbor. Middle English acuser English accuser Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator.

  1. accūsātor(la)→
  2. accusour(Old French)→
  3. acuser(enm)→
  4. acuser(enm)→
  5. accuser (English)
  6. Relations: inh, inh, der, der

Related words

acuser(enm)accusour(Old French)accūsātor(la)

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