Where does “acrophase” come from?

acrophase (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.

acrophase (English): The time period in a cycle during which the cycle...

Definitions

  1. The time period in a cycle during which the cycle...

Ancestry of “acrophase”, step by step

acrophase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacroof or pertaining to something that combines...
2EnglishacrobaticOf or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English phase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphaseA distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle...
2New Latinphasis
3Ancient Greekφάσιςappearance; utterance, statement, expression
4Ancient GreekφαίνωI cause to appear, bring to light; I show,...
5English-typeimpressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used...
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en