accent的词源

英文词源

accent

accent: [14] Accent was originally a loantranslation from Greek into Latin (a loantranslation is when each constituent of a compound in one language is translated into its equivalent in another, and then reassembled into a new compound). Greek prosōidíā (whence English prosody) was formed from pros ‘to’ and ōidé ‘song’ (whence English ode); these elements were translated into Latin ad ‘to’ and cantus ‘song’ (whence English chant, cant, cantata, canticle), giving accentus.

The notion underlying this combination of ‘to’ and ‘song’ was of a song added to speech – that is, the intonation of spoken language. The sense of a particular mode of pronunciation did not arise in English until the 16th century.
=> cant, cantata, canticle, chant

accent (n.)

late 14c., "particular mode of pronunciation," from Middle French accent, from Old French acent (13c.), from Latin accentus "song added to speech," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + cantus "a singing," past participle of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Loan-translation of Greek prosoidia, from pros- "to" + oide "song," which apparently described the pitch scheme in Greek verse. The decorating sense of "something that emphasizes or highlights" is from 1972.

accent (v.)

"to pronounce with accent or stress," 1520s, from Middle French accenter, from Old French acenter, from acent (see accent (n.)). Related: Accented; accenting.

中文词源

accent：口音

前缀ac-同ad-. 词根cent,唱,同chant, 咏唱。字面意思指说话像唱歌，后指口音。后指先说后唱，强调。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：accent 词源，accent 含义。

accent：口音

; accent 重音，口音

古希腊语跟现代希腊语不一样，它是一种具有乐调重音的语言（singsong language）。公元前1世纪一位希腊作家用一个意为song的词来指其母语的重音。一千多年以后中世纪语法学家把该词移译为拉丁语，作 accentus，其字面意义是song added to speech, 它派生于拉丁语 cantus（相当于英语song或者chant）。英语中意为“重音”、“口音”的accent一词即源于此。

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accent：口音，腔调；重音，重音符号

来源于拉丁语中由前缀ad-(来,临近)和名词cantus(歌曲)组成的复合名词accentus(语调)。

词根词缀： ac-来,临近 + cent歌曲

同源词：cant, cantata, canticle, chant