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English word accent comes from Latin ad ((direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.), Latin cantus (Song, chant, singing, incantation.)
ad (Latin)
(direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.
cantus (Latin)
Song, chant, singing, incantation.
accino (Latin)
I sing to.
accentus (Latin)
(figuratively) intensity, violence. (phonology) accent, tone, accentuation. A blast, signal.
accento (Latin)
accenter (Old French)
accenter (Middle French)
accent (English)
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.. (transitive) To mark with written accents.