Where does “akrostiş” come from?

akrostiş (Turkish) comes from French acrostiche, from Latin acrostichis, from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος, from Ancient Greek ὦμος, from Proto-Indo-European h₃émōs — shoulder.

akrostiş (Turkish): acrostic

Definitions

  1. acrostic

Ancestry of “akrostiş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchacrosticheacrostic
2Latinacrostichis
3Ancient Greekἀκροστιχίςacrostic
4Ancient GreekἄκροςAt the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost;...
5Ancient Greekὦμοςthe shoulder with the upper arm
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃émōsshoulder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃émōsEvery word from Ancient Greek ὦμοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ἄκρος
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