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