« to accuse » en sept langues
Sensto accuse
Espagnol
/akuˈsaɾ/
savant
Also 'to acknowledge': acusar recibo.
Français
/akyze/
savant
Italien
/akkuˈzare/
savant
Portugais
/akuˈzah/
savant
Roumain
/akuˈza/
savant
Catalan
/əkuˈza/
savant
Anglais
/əˈkjuz/
du latin/français · Old French acuser, from Latin ACCŪSĀRE
L’ancêtre latin
ACCŪSĀRE‘to call to account (AD + CAUSA)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
To accuse is to bring someone 'to a cause', a lawsuit. Spanish simplifies the double c; Italian keeps it; French writes it but says a single k.
Parents anglais: accusation, cause, excuse
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLo acusaron de mentir.
- frOn l'a accusé d'avoir menti.
- itLo hanno accusato di aver mentito.
- ptEles o acusaram de mentir.
- roL-au acuzat că minte.
- caEl van acusar de mentir.
- enThey accused him of lying.
La famille latine
CAUS-· cause, case
CAUSA 'reason, lawsuit' became the ordinary Romance word for 'thing': cosa, chose, cosa — a 'matter' in the legal sense, generalized. The learned doublet causa, cause kept the original meaning, and the courtroom sense lives on in accuse and excuse. Portuguese coisa (Old Portuguese cousa) and Catalan cosa followed; Romanian says lucru, from LUCRUM 'gain'.
CAUSAMcause; case → thing
escosafrchoseitcosaptcoisacacosa
CAUSAMcause (learned)
escausafrcauseitcausaptcausarocauzăcacausaencause
CAUSĀRĪ (Med. Lat. CAUSĀRE)to plead a case; to cause
escausarfrcauseritcausareptcausarrocauzacacausarencause
ACCŪSĀREto call to account
esacusarfraccuseritaccusareptacusarroacuzacaacusarenaccuse
EXCŪSĀREto free from a charge
esexcusarfrexcuseritscusareptescusarroscuzacaexcusarenexcuse
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