nonaccusative

Questions

What does nonaccusative mean?

Not accusative.

Where does nonaccusative come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)calq. Latin accūsātīvusder. Anglo-Norman accusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusder. Middle French acusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusbor. Middle English accusative English accusative English nonaccusative From non- + accusative.

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