acute accent
English
noun
Definitions
- (orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
Etymology
Derived from Latin accentus (accent) derived from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (song sung to music, pronunciation of syllable, tone pitch of a syllable, accent).
Origin
Ancient Greek
προσῳδία
Gloss
song sung to music, pronunciation of syllable, tone pitch of a syllable, accent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accent English
- accentus Latin
- accentuātus Latin
- prosōdia Latin
- Akzent German
- accento Italian
- accent French
- accentus French
- просодия Russian
- acento Spanish, Castilian
- προσῳδία Ancient Greek
- πρός Ancient Greek
- ᾠδή Ancient Greek
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- acento Portuguese
- アキュートアクセント Japanese
- akcent Polish
- accent Old English
- acent Old French
- akcent Serbo-Croatian
- accent Catalan, Valencian
- acento Galician
- accent Middle Dutch
- akcents Latvian
- aiccend Old Irish
- პროსოდია Georgian
- acénto Ligurian