Where does “Akronym” come from?

Akronym (German) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -onym, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Akronym (German): acronym

Definitions

  1. acronym

Ancestry of “Akronym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-onymonym
2Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
3Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “Akronym”

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