Where does “acrocinesia” come from?
acrocinesia (English) comes from English acro, from English acrobatic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.
acrocinesia (English): Excessive movement of the limbs
Definitions
- Excessive movement of the limbs
Ancestry of “acrocinesia”, step by step
acrocinesia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acro | of or pertaining to something that combines... |
| 2 | English | acrobatic | Of or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English kinesia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kinesia | motion sickness; voluntary motion; nonvocal... |
| 2 | English | -ia | Used in forming names of countries, diseases,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |