Where does “akute” come from?
akute (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akuta, from English acūte, from French aigu, from German akut, from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus — sharp.
akute (Esperanto): acutely
Definitions
- acutely
Ancestry of “akute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | akuta | acute; sharp |
| 2 | English | acūte | Brief, quick, short |
| 3 | French | aigu | sharp, pointy; acute, keen, discerning; sharp,... |
| 4 | German | akut | acute; severe |
| 5 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 6 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 7 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 8 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 9 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 10 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |