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DictionaryRoot: ad-
Latin

ad-

to, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis

Forms

  • ad-
  • ac- — Used before c in Latin.
  • af- — Used before f in Latin.
  • ag- — Used before g in Latin.
  • al- — Used before l in Latin.
  • ap- — Used before p in Latin.
  • ar- — Used before r in Latin.
  • as- — Used before s in Latin.
  • at- — Used before t in Latin.

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *ad, ‘to; near.’

Note

Later Latin-based spellings sometimes restored consonants that had disappeared in French.

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Two adults from different regions, a Black woman and white man, converse face to face with distinct simple speech-wave patterns, pronunciation variation no written words.
noun

accent

AK-sent/ˈæksent/

A way of pronouncing words characteristic of a region or group.

Etymology
acLatinto, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis
+centLatinsinging, song

The pieces give the image of “song added to speech,” highlighting speech’s melodic qualities. The word came to name a distinctive way of pronouncing a language.

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