deaccent

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Medieval Latin canō Medieval Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English deaccent From de- + accent.

1. To remove the accent or stress from (a syllable).

   “Suprasegmentally, there is a tendency to de-accent information which is repeated, a prominent stressing of demonstratives these and this, and modals and auxiliaries such as should and will, plus a rise-fall intonation that gives a ‘lilting’ quality.”