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 prosto’ and ōidésong’ (whence English ode); these elements were translated into Latin adto’ and cantussong’ (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.
\ \ Cf.CANT, CANTATA, CANTICLE, CHANT

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