accusal

English

Etymology

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin accūsārelbor.

Old French acuserbor.

Middle English acusen

English accuse

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English accusal

From accuse + -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈkjuː.zəl/, /əˈkju.zəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

accusal (countable and uncountable, plural accusals)

1. An accusation

References

• “accusal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.