English
reaccentuate
Reaccentuate comes from Medieval Latin accentuātus, from Latin accentus ‘a blast, signal’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-1‘to sing’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂néti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanō1‘to sing’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanō1‘to sing, recite, play’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinō1‘to sing to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentus1‘a blast, signal’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentuō1
- Medieval Latinmodernaccentuātus1
- English1500–presentaccentuate1
- Englishearliest quotation 2002reaccentuate1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English reaccentuate
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2002, Nancy F. Kott, Public Vows: “This contractual approach reaccentuated the element of consent in…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-Wiktionary, English reaccentuate‘to sing’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂nétiWiktionary, English reaccentuatereconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanōWiktionary, English reaccentuate‘to sing’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanōWiktionary, English reaccentuate‘to sing, recite, play’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccinōWiktionary, English reaccentuate‘to sing to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentusWiktionary, English reaccentuate‘a blast, signal’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccentuōWiktionary, English reaccentuate
- Medieval LatinmodernaccentuātusWiktionary, English reaccentuate
- English1500–presentaccentuateWiktionary, English reaccentuate
- Englishearliest quotation 2002reaccentuateWiktionary, English reaccentuate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2002, Nancy F. Kott, Public Vows: “This contractual approach reaccentuated the element of consent in…”
A compound of re- + accentuate
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
English re-
Medieval Latin accentuātus
English accentuate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti
through Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’
chanting, cantor, enchantment, chantry, incantation, enchant, recant, canticle, chanter, 41 more
through Latin canō ‘to sing, recite, play’
cant, incentive, chant, bazooka, shanty, chanson, 50 more
through Latin accentus ‘a blast, signal’
Today it means
verb To accentuate again; to place renewed emphasis on
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “reaccentuate”. 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- / reaccentuate