anticausative

Questions

What does anticausative mean?

Which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause.

Where does anticausative come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English causative English anticausative From anti- + causative.

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