English
accusable
Accusable comes from Latin accūsō ‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’, and goes back to causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa1‘cause, reason’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsō1‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsābilis1
- Englishtodayaccusable1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English accusable
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausaWiktionary, English accusable‘cause, reason’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsōWiktionary, English accusable‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsābilisWiktionary, English accusable
- EnglishtodayaccusableWiktionary, English accusable
Formed from accuse + -able
Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
Latin accūsāre
Old French acuser ‘to accuse’
Middle English acusen
English accuse
Linked words
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, causal, causative, inexcusable, excusable, 24 more
through Latin accūsō ‘to indict, accuse, arraign, charge’
Today it means
adj Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “accusable”. 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 / Latin causa / accusable