The word "accent" comes from the Latin accentus, which more or less means “song added to speech.” Its components are the prefix ad- ("to, toward") and cantus, ("song, a singing"). - ThreadSky

jesszafarris.bsky.social • 96 days ago

The word "accent" comes from the Latin accentus, which more or less means “song added to speech.”

Its components are the prefix ad- ("to, toward") and cantus, ("song, a singing").