7 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos)lbor. English oxytone Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos).
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