Where does “pentacrostic” come from?
pentacrostic (English) comes from English acrostic, from Middle French acrostiche, from Latin acrostichis, from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος, from Ancient Greek ὦμος, from Proto-Indo-European h₃émōs — shoulder.
pentacrostic (English): A set of verses arranged so that the name of the...
Definitions
- A set of verses arranged so that the name of the...
Ancestry of “pentacrostic”, step by step
pentacrostic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acrostic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acrostic | A poem or other text in which certain letters,... |
| 2 | Middle French | acrostiche | — |
| 3 | Latin | acrostichis | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀκροστιχίς | acrostic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄκρος | At the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὦμος | the shoulder with the upper arm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃émōs | shoulder |
via English penta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | penta | — |