Translation
the accused, defendant
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Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from akuzi, to accuse, which comes from Latin accusare, from ad plus causa, a lawsuit. The suffix -it- makes the passive past participle and -o turns it into a person.
- Origin
- Latin, via Esperanto word-building
- Root
- accusare
- English cognates
- accuse, accusation, cause
Examples
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The accused did not speak all day.
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The lawyer defended the accused with clear words.
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Did the accused tell the truth?
A participial nominal, and one of the cleanest examples in the language. Take akuzi, to accuse. Make the participle passive and past with -it-, so means having been accused. Swap the adjective ending for -o and you have a person in that state: , the accused.
The courtroom pair is the point. is the one doing the accusing, the prosecutor or complainant; is the one it lands on, the defendant. English needs two unrelated words and a law degree to keep prosecutor and defendant straight. Esperanto changes one letter, and the letter tells you which side of the room the person is standing on. Run the same slot through the other participles and you get , someone about to be charged, and , someone who is going to bring the charge.
Note the tense in -it-, because it does real work here. The accusing has already happened, which is precisely the state a defendant is in from the moment charges are laid. Using , with the present passive -at-, would describe someone being accused right now, mid-sentence, which is not how a legal system talks about people.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 22, lesson 1: akuzito, materio, atmosfero and 7 more words.