Meaning

adjective of or pertaining to accent or stress

adjective (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Medieval Latin canō Medieval Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent…

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