Where does “acronym” come from?
Acronym derives from German Akronym, which combines Ancient Greek ἄκρον and Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος meaning "peak" or "end," referring to the initial letters of words.
acronym (English): An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of...
Definitions
- An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of...
Ancestry of “acronym”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Akronym | acronym |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -onym | -onym |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “acronym”