Etymograph

English

accentuable

Accentuable comes from Medieval Latin accentus, from Latin accinō ‘to sing to’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-1‘to sing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂néti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanō1‘to sing’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanō1‘to sing, recite, play’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinō1‘to sing to’
  6. Medieval Latinmodernaccentus1
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600accent1
  8. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400accent1
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accent1
  10. English1500–presentaccent1
  11. Englishtodayaccentuable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English accentuable

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-Wiktionary, English accentuable‘to sing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂nétiWiktionary, English accentuablereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanōWiktionary, English accentuable‘to sing’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanōWiktionary, English accentuable‘to sing, recite, play’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinōWiktionary, English accentuable‘to sing to’
  6. Medieval LatinmodernaccentusWiktionary, English accentuable
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600accentWiktionary, English accentuable
  8. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400accentWiktionary, English accentuable
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accentWiktionary, English accentuable
  10. English1500–presentaccentWiktionary, English accentuable
  11. EnglishtodayaccentuableWiktionary, English accentuable

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

enchanter, 23 more

through Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’

chanting, cantor, enchantment, incantation, chantry, enchant, recant, chanter, canticle, 42 more

through Latin canō ‘to sing, recite, play’

cant, incentive, chant, bazooka, shanty, chanson, 51 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being accentuated

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “accentuable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- / accentuable

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